On 2008/11/18 17:34, Jason Beaudoin wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2008/11/18 09:09, Jason Beaudoin wrote: > >> FETCH_PACKAGES=yes > > > > this doesn't make much sense for a bulk build. you're building > > packages yourself, why would you want to use packages from, > > in all likelihood, 5+ days ago to fulfil dependencies? some of > > them won't even match the ports tree or your base OS libraries. > > indeed, I understand that this was an option. though FETCH_PACKAGES > can be handy for some packages.
I use it occasionally, but normally do that manually: $ make FETCH_PACKAGES=yes same for FORCE_UPDATE when I use it. > but either way, that error still doesn't make sense, given that things > are working on my laptop, I've got to be goofing something up. > > > >> export > >> PKG_PATH="/usr/ports/packages/i386/all/:ftp://ftp3.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386/:ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/i386/"; > > > > listing just one entry here usually makes things much simpler. > > but see above.. > > > > for mk.conf, you may also want ACCEPT_GRAPHVIZ_LICENSE=Yes. > > also look into /usr/ports/infrastructure/build/dpb, it's the > > easiest way to do a bulk build (and, if you're running MP, > > makes better use of your CPUs). > > thanks for the references. viq pointed me towards dpb earlier today, I > still need to read into how it functions. My only outstanding question > is if it accepts a list of packages to build, or simply builds > everything. It can accept a SUBDIRLIST, see the comments in the file itself.
