Re: Avoid questions from portupgrade?

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From
Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
Date
29 Jan 2004 00:23:17
Subject
Re: Avoid questions from portupgrade?
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20040129082310.GB24024@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk

In reply to
Kai Grossjohann
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Kai Grossjohann
Referenced by
Kai Grossjohann

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On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 08:13:56AM +0100, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
> I started a "portupgrade -avR" yesterday.  It stopped in the middle of
> the night, after getting to GhostScript.  GhostScript asks me which
> drivers to compile.
>
> Is there a way, preferrably in /etc/make.conf, that I can tell it
> beforehand which drivers I want, so that GhostScript won't ask?
 
Use the 'MAKE_ARGS' array in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf
 
> Is there a way for me to find out which other ports like to ask
> questions, which questions it asks, and to preanswer them?
 
Only by experience, or by reading through the port's Makefile.  You
can switch off the interactive configuration by setting 'BATCH=yes' in
make's argument list.  Most of the ports that use interactive
configuration will in any case turn off the interactive stuff if you
give them any WITH_FOO or WITHOUT_BAR options.
 
	Cheers,
 
	Matthew
 
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