Adjusting configuration options during port installation?

[Matt Singerman]

I am using make.  I will look into the options for using portupgrade
tomorrow, thanks.

On 3/26/06, Duane Whitty <duane at greenmeadow.ca> wrote:
> Matt Singerman wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am installing an upgrade to the Cyrus email server.  Our existing
> > email boxes are in a database format that is no longer used by Cyrus;
> > however, there is a configuration option which will instruct the new
> > version to use the old database format.  They are
> >
> > --with-mboxlist-db=berkeley and --with-seen-db=flat
> >
> > Is there a way to tell the FreeBSD port of Cyrus to use these options?
> >  I am not extremely familiar with the ports system.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Matt
> > _______________
> >
> Hi,
>
> Yes, you can pass the options along but it depends
> which method you are using to manage your ports.
> Are you using make ..., portupgrade ..., or perhaps
> portmanager ...
>
> Checkout the portupgrade -m switch.
>
> There may also be config and config-recursive targets
> for make.
>