How to delete user configured options for a port in FreeBSD

Sometimes, you get a nice ncurses menu, when you run make install, make reinstall on a port. You make a mistake, port install crashes, you try to run make install one more time just to discover that the menu isn't there any more, and it just runs install one more time with your compiled options.

Q: How do I delete configured options for a port in FreeBSD?
A: A quick look at man ports reveals a comand 'make rmconfig'.

Dealing with ports

Recently I came across of a more "posh", if you will, way to deal with ports. Instead of trusty old cvsup I was recommended to try out portsnap, which cames in FreeBSD base system for a while already - specifically, since 6.0. Older than that, just use ports-mgmt/portsnap port.

It is very easy to use - in fact, I find it easier than cvsupdate.

First, you need to fetch a compressed snapshot of the ports tree.
# portsnap fetch

Next, a live copy of ports tree should be extracted in /usr/ports - the manual mentions you should do this regardless even if there is one created with cvsup.
# portsnap extract

That was for the first time. After that, it's just update
# portsnap fetch update


Next thing I found very handy was http://www.freshports.org/ports-mgmt/portupgrade/. Now unlike the vanilla cd /usr/ports/portdir && make install clean, it can actually update dependencies as well. Nice. Comes with a set of handy utilities - portinstall, pkg_deinstall etc.