Buildworld make.conf options

[siffland]

This might sound like a silly question but if i do a buildworld/installworld with

NO_BIND=true #Just using bind as an example

in my make.conf, will it actually remove the bind stuff from the previous buildworld/installworld I did without that option set?

[robbak]

No. You will have to hack bind out yourself.

[mtx]

@ robbak
just a question
what would do adding

NO_BIND=true

to make.conf do to bind related stuff?
thank you!

all the best,
v
PS: googling a little i guess i found the answer. if i want to install bind from ports and prevent
the future rebuilding of the system version during 'make world'. thanks anyway

[phoenix]

Setting the NO_* knobs in make.conf (or src.conf in FreeBSD 7+) just tells the build system to not build or install those bits. However, the build system does not delete items during normal operation.

However, you can use the delete-old and delete-old-libs targets to delete old binaries and libraries. I believe these will check the NO_* knobs and delete those items as well, but I have never tested that.

[robbak]

Ports like bind and various mail ports generally have a 'REPLACE_BASE' option you can set in the build. This tells the port to put the port files in /usr/bin etc - replacing the base version.