Re: Configuring options/knobs without `make config`

2017-07-31 Thread Morse, Richard E.,MGH
On Jul 31, 2017, at 4:06 PM, Jonathan Chen wrote: > > Here's a quick run down on the change: > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/52871/ > > The portconf features have been baked into the ports system, and you > can set/unset options within /etc/make.conf, eg: > >

Re: Configuring options/knobs without `make config`

2017-07-31 Thread Morse, Richard E.,MGH
Hi! I used to use portconf on the machine this is going to be replacing, but it seemed like there were changes to the way the port system worked between 8.4 and 11, and I couldn’t find anything that documented how to properly set up portconf for the new “options” stuff, in place of the old

Configuring options/knobs without `make config`

2017-07-27 Thread Morse, Richard E.,MGH
Hi! I’m trying to document the setup of a new system, and I’m finding it really complicated to document exactly which options I choose for various ports. I was wondering if there is some magic command-line syntax, (ideally to postmaster) that would let me document the options selected in the