[ John Levine wrote on Mon 8.Oct'12 at 2:42:33 - ]
> >... Note that setting the BATCH environment variable to yes will answer
> >yes to any prompts during this process, removing the need for manual
> >intervention during the build process.
> >
> >(This was said with respect to up
On 8 Oct 2012 02:42:33 -
John Levine articulated:
> >... Note that setting the BATCH environment variable to yes will
> > answer yes to any prompts during this process, removing the need
> > for manual intervention during the build process.
> >
> >(This was said with respect to upgrading p
>... Note that setting the BATCH environment variable to yes will answer
>yes to any prompts during this process, removing the need for manual
>intervention during the build process.
>
>(This was said with respect to upgrading ports via portupgrade.)
Or you can use portmaster, which ru
In message <20121008012414.34fd6a65.free...@edvax.de>,
Polytropon wrote:
...
>> ># make config-recursive
...
>This target (and several other useful ones) are listed
>and explained in the manpage: "man 7 ports". :-)
Hey! Thanks again. I didn't know about that man page either!
P.S. I'm
On Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:57:05 -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
>
> In message <20121007234043.cadf5863.free...@edvax.de>,
> Polytropon wrote:
>
> >A workaround (and not directly the answer to your question) is
> >to process the config dialogs before starting the build:
> >
> > # make config
In message <20121007234043.cadf5863.free...@edvax.de>,
Polytropon wrote:
>A workaround (and not directly the answer to your question) is
>to process the config dialogs before starting the build:
>
> # make config-recursive
>
>Once set, the options won't be requested on a second run.
Hey!
Ronald F. Guilmette tristatelogic.com> writes:
> ...
> However there's one instance where I don't know how to get this
> functionality, i.e. the functionality provided by the --batch option.
> ...
There is no guarantee that either of those will work (try them separately):
$ cat /etc/make.conf
On Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:09:44 -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> Nowadays, whenever I use portinstall/portupgrade, I use the --batch
> option, so that I don't have to sit around at the console, waiting
> for and then accepting the default build options for a boatload of
> depended-upon ports for wh
I am impatient by nature.
Nowadays, whenever I use portinstall/portupgrade, I use the --batch
option, so that I don't have to sit around at the console, waiting
for and then accepting the default build options for a boatload of
depended-upon ports for whatever I am actually trying to install or
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