> On 31 August 2017 at 17:59, Thomas Mueller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Now I've been busy, selecting port options to include in > > /usr/local/etc/synth/LiveSystem-make.conf
> > but when I run "synth status gnumeric", I get > > Configuration invalid: [D] Port options directory: /var/db/ports > > so without a directory like /var/db/ports showing options derived from the > > ports dialog, synth seems not to work. > The directory *must* be there, but it can be empty. > > Is there any dialog-free way to use synth? > Yup, I'm using it with the LiveSystem-make.conf. > Cheers. > Jonathan Chen <[email protected]> I tried setting the port options directory to /usr/local/etc/synth/LiveSystem-make.conf, but I guess that was not good enough. Maybe it had to be a directory, not a file? I will try again when I get back into that installation. I also wonder about the future of synth with John Marino banished from FreeBSD, don't want to go to DragonFlyBSD because of incompatibility problems not relating to dports. Tom _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
