Basic Question - Build Options with pkg_add

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jeff808

Hi. I'm pretty new to FreeBSD. I have a question that's probably very basic.

I installed SpamAssassin using the ports, and during the install I got a whole bunch of questions about build options I'd like to have included, etc. Then I was installing SpamAssassin on a different FreeBSD machine (these are VMs) and decided to try pkg_add(1) since ports took so long, and I noticed I didn't get prompted about any of the build options. Is there a way to get prompted about these even using pkg_add(1)? I'd prefer to use package manager when possible since building from ports is so slow.

Thank you.
 
jeff808 said:
Is there a way to get prompted about these even using pkg_add(1)?
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No, packages are built using the default options. It is not possible to change this once the package has been built.
 
You can, however, build your own packages from ports, and install these on other machines.
 
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