using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
When issuing the portsnap command will it automatically read the /etc/portsnap.conf file or is the -f option mandatory? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Walter Hurry
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:27:41 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: When issuing the portsnap command will it automatically read the /etc/portsnap.conf file or is the -f option mandatory? It will use /etc/portsnap.conf by default. No need for -f unless you need to use a different config file. By the way, in

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Walter Hurry wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:27:41 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: When issuing the portsnap command will it automatically read the /etc/portsnap.conf file or is the -f option mandatory? It will use /etc/portsnap.conf by default. No need for -f unless you need to use a different config

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Michael Ross
On Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:43:36 +0100, Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Walter Hurry wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:27:41 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: When issuing the portsnap command will it automatically read the /etc/portsnap.conf file or is the -f option mandatory? It will use /etc/portsnap.conf

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Michael Ross wrote: On Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:43:36 +0100, Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Walter Hurry wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:27:41 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: When issuing the portsnap command will it automatically read the /etc/portsnap.conf file or is the -f option mandatory? It will

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Walter Hurry
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:06:47 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Thanks that was it. Sometimes your to close to the trees to see the forest. But you wouldn't have needed any REFUSE lines if you had followed my suggestion and just extracted the ports you wanted.

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Walter Hurry wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:06:47 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Thanks that was it. Sometimes your to close to the trees to see the forest. But you wouldn't have needed any REFUSE lines if you had followed my suggestion and just extracted the ports you wanted. After doing portsnap

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:27:41 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: When issuing the portsnap command will it automatically read the /etc/portsnap.conf file or is the -f option mandatory? Judging from man portsnap, the file will be read automatically at start unless you specify a -f diifferent file. -f

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 18:24:14 + (UTC), Walter Hurry wrote: By the way, in answer to your question in another thread, you don't have to extract the whole tree if you don't want to. Use 'portsnap fetch' the first time around, and then portsnap extract the port you want. See 'man portsnap',