From ed969469b7265f1a6692be1b183d89fe70e61071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Isabell Long Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:29:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about make's config-recursive option to the ports chapter of the Handbook. PR: docs/164826 Approved by: gjb (mentor) --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml index 4e8e33a05b..db2d5cf289 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml @@ -976,6 +976,18 @@ docbook = make install and make clean as three separate steps. + + When installing a port, using only make + install from the + beginning means there will potentially be many waiting + periods between user interaction as the default behaviour + is to prompt the user for options. When there are many + dependencies, this sometimes makes building a single port + a huge hassle. To avoid this, first run make + config-recursive to + do the configuration in one batch. Then run + make install + [clean] afterwards.