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Today I wanted to upgrade a few packages on one of my FreeBSD servers. The vim port kept complaining:

[root@vps4 /usr/ports/editors/vim]# make reinstall clean
===> Options unchanged
====> You must select one and only one option from the UI single
Config is invalid. Re-edit? [Y/n] Y
===> Options unchanged
====> You must select one and only one option from the UI single
Config is invalid. Re-edit? [Y/n] n

It also did it with make config or make clean.

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This is because the UI settings changed for vim, as make showconfig shows:

[root@vps4 /usr/ports/editors/vim]# make showconfig
===> The following configuration options are available for vim-7.4.229_1:
     CSCOPE=off: cscope support
     EXUBERANT_CTAGS=off: Use exctags instead of ctags
     LUA=off: Lua scripting language support
     NLS=off: Native Language Support
     PERL=off: Perl scripting language support
     PYTHON=off: Python bindings or support
     RUBY=off: Ruby bindings or support
     TCL=off: Tcl scripting language support
     XTERM_SAVE=off: Restore xterm screen after exit
====> User interface: you have to select exactly one of them
     ATHENA=off: Athena GUI toolkit
     CONSOLE=off: Console/terminal mode
     GNOME=off: GNOME desktop environment support
     GTK2=off: GTK+ 2 GUI toolkit support
     MOTIF=off: Motif widget library support
     X11=off: X11 (graphics) support

Digging through the FreeBSD Handbook, in section "5.5.1.1. Customizing Ports Installation" we find the following little snippet:

There are several ways to revisit a port's build options menu in order to add, remove, or change these options after a port has been built. One method is to cd into the directory containing the port and type make config. Another option is to use make showconfig. Another option is to execute make rmconfig which will remove all selected options and allow you to start over. All of these options, and others, are explained in great detail in ports(7).

And as such, after make rmconfig and a new make config-recursive the upgrade worked.

Tags: blog , freebsd , make , pkg , ports , vim