Portmaster question

fred974

fred974

Hello,

I use ports-mgmt/portmaster to keep my system up to date. I was wondering if there is anyway that when I update the system, I am not prompted to redo all the configuration for each package that I have installed. I have four jails and this is quite time consuming and I have also made the mistake in the past as it doesn't seem to remember the original settings I choose. The command I run is
portmaster -a
 
You only have to do that once, settings are stored in /var/db/ports/. Once set you will only get the configuration screens if options have changed or if it's something that hasn't been configured before.
 
SirDice , I haven't got a configuration file in /var/db/ports/ because the package was installed as part of a script inside the jail.
For example Nginx was install with
Code: 
make -C /usr/ports/www/nginx BATCH=yes OPTIONS_FILE_SET="HTTP HTTP_DAV HTTP_FLV HTTP_GZIP_STATIC HTTP_PERL HTTP_REWRITE HTTP_SSL HTTP_STATUS HTTP_SUB FILE_AIO SPDY NAXSI WWW HTTP_ADDITION HTTP_CACHE HTTP_GEOIP HTTP_IMAGE_FILTER HTTP_REALIP" OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET="DEBUG DEBUGLOG IPV6 GOOGLE_PERFTOOLS HTTP_GUNZIP_FILTER HTTP_RANDOM_INDEX HTTP_SECURE_LINK HTTP_XSLT MAIL MAIL_IMAP MAIL_POP3 MAIL_SMTP MAIL_SSL CACHE_PURGE CTPP2 ECHO HEADERS_MORE HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE HTTP_ACCESSKEY HTTP_AUTH_DIGEST HTTP_AUTH_LDAP HTTP_AUTH_PAM HTTP_AUTH_REQ HTTP_DAV_EXT HTTP_EVAL HTTP_FANCYINDEX HTTP_MOGILEFS HTTP_NOTICE HTTP_PUSH HTTP_PUSH_STREAM HTTP_REDIS HTTP_RESPONSE HTTP_SUBS_FILTER HTTP_UPLOAD HTTP_UPLOAD_PROGRESS HTTP_UPSTREAM_FAIR HTTP_UPSTREAM_HASH HTTP_UPSTREAM_STICKY HTTP_ZIP ARRAYVAR DRIZZLE ENCRYPTSESSION FORMINPUT GRIDFS ICONV LET LUA MEMC MODSECURITY PASSENGER POSTGRES RDS_CSV RDS_JSON REDIS2 RTMP SET_MISC SFLOW SLOWFS_CACHE SRCACHE SUPERVISORD SYSLOG_SUPPORT TCP_PROXY UDPLOG XRID_HEADER XSS VIDEO HTTP_MP4 HTTP_MP4_H264" install clean

When I run portmaster -a, the sysrtem prompt me for the make config but doesn't keep the options that I had set when installing the package.

For example it unticks the 'SPDY' and 'NAXSI' option and ticks the 'IPV6' option which I don't want.

So will the -G flag be the solution for me?

Thank you
 
Just to clarify here, if I run portmaster -aG, will ports-mgmt/portmaster install the default value that comes with the package or will it keep my chosen configuration?

[ the [port] tag requires "category/portname" syntax -- Mod ]
 
Yes it does, so In the future, if I run portmaster -aG, will it use the configuration from /var/db/ports/?
 
In your command line, you show
Code: 
OPTIONS_FILE_SET="HTTP HTTP_DAV ..."
But it is specifying options, not giving the name of a file that contains options like the name implies. In /etc/make.conf, I use OPTIONS_SET to specify options.

So I think you are using the wrong variable, your options are being read from and written to a file named HTTP HTTP_DAV ..., and that explains the problems you are having.
 
So, if I understood everything here if I change
Code: 
make -C /usr/ports/www/nginx BATCH=yes OPTIONS_FILE_SET="HTTP HTTP_DAV HTTP_FLV HTTP_GZIP_STATIC HTTP_PERL HTTP_REWRITE HTTP_SSL HTTP_STATUS HTTP_SUB FILE_AIO SPDY NAXSI WWW HTTP_ADDITION HTTP_CACHE HTTP_GEOIP HTTP_IMAGE_FILTER HTTP_REALIP" OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET="DEBUG DEBUGLOG IPV6 GOOGLE_PERFTOOLS HTTP_GUNZIP_FILTER HTTP_RANDOM_INDEX HTTP_SECURE_LINK HTTP_XSLT MAIL MAIL_IMAP MAIL_POP3 MAIL_SMTP MAIL_SSL CACHE_PURGE CTPP2 ECHO HEADERS_MORE HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE HTTP_ACCESSKEY HTTP_AUTH_DIGEST HTTP_AUTH_LDAP HTTP_AUTH_PAM HTTP_AUTH_REQ HTTP_DAV_EXT HTTP_EVAL HTTP_FANCYINDEX HTTP_MOGILEFS HTTP_NOTICE HTTP_PUSH HTTP_PUSH_STREAM HTTP_REDIS HTTP_RESPONSE HTTP_SUBS_FILTER HTTP_UPLOAD HTTP_UPLOAD_PROGRESS HTTP_UPSTREAM_FAIR HTTP_UPSTREAM_HASH HTTP_UPSTREAM_STICKY HTTP_ZIP ARRAYVAR DRIZZLE ENCRYPTSESSION FORMINPUT GRIDFS ICONV LET LUA MEMC MODSECURITY PASSENGER POSTGRES RDS_CSV RDS_JSON REDIS2 RTMP SET_MISC SFLOW SLOWFS_CACHE SRCACHE SUPERVISORD SYSLOG_SUPPORT TCP_PROXY UDPLOG XRID_HEADER XSS VIDEO HTTP_MP4 HTTP_MP4_H264" install clean
to
Code: 
make -C /usr/ports/www/nginx BATCH=yes OPTIONS_SET="HTTP HTTP_DAV HTTP_FLV HTTP_GZIP_STATIC HTTP_PERL HTTP_REWRITE HTTP_SSL HTTP_STATUS HTTP_SUB FILE_AIO SPDY NAXSI WWW HTTP_ADDITION HTTP_CACHE HTTP_GEOIP HTTP_IMAGE_FILTER HTTP_REALIP" OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET="DEBUG DEBUGLOG IPV6 GOOGLE_PERFTOOLS HTTP_GUNZIP_FILTER HTTP_RANDOM_INDEX HTTP_SECURE_LINK HTTP_XSLT MAIL MAIL_IMAP MAIL_POP3 MAIL_SMTP MAIL_SSL CACHE_PURGE CTPP2 ECHO HEADERS_MORE HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE HTTP_ACCESSKEY HTTP_AUTH_DIGEST HTTP_AUTH_LDAP HTTP_AUTH_PAM HTTP_AUTH_REQ HTTP_DAV_EXT HTTP_EVAL HTTP_FANCYINDEX HTTP_MOGILEFS HTTP_NOTICE HTTP_PUSH HTTP_PUSH_STREAM HTTP_REDIS HTTP_RESPONSE HTTP_SUBS_FILTER HTTP_UPLOAD HTTP_UPLOAD_PROGRESS HTTP_UPSTREAM_FAIR HTTP_UPSTREAM_HASH HTTP_UPSTREAM_STICKY HTTP_ZIP ARRAYVAR DRIZZLE ENCRYPTSESSION FORMINPUT GRIDFS ICONV LET LUA MEMC MODSECURITY PASSENGER POSTGRES RDS_CSV RDS_JSON REDIS2 RTMP SET_MISC SFLOW SLOWFS_CACHE SRCACHE SUPERVISORD SYSLOG_SUPPORT TCP_PROXY UDPLOG XRID_HEADER XSS VIDEO HTTP_MP4 HTTP_MP4_H264" install clean
A configuration file should get created in in /var/db/ports/ for that package.

Then when In the future, if I run portmaster -aG, it will use the configuration from /var/db/ports/ and not ask me to do the configuration again.

Have I got this right?
 
I think if you use BATCH the creation of the options file under /var/db/ports gets skipped and the port is compiled with either the default options or if there are already saved options they will be used but no options dialog will be used either way.
 
Umm I'm confused, if I don't use BATCH, then I cannot do a silent installation. So how do I get around this problem? Can I create the option file manually? How would I do that?
 
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