I am installing PHP 5.3 and having accidentally hit enter when selecting options failed to enable a module.
After the installation make no longer gives me options but continues with saved options.
When I run make config it says there are no options to configure.
How do we get back to the initial options screen?
Where are these config files saved?
How do we get back to the initial options screen?
You need to reconfigure the php53 port, but it seems you've been trying to reconfigure a module instead. Perform the following
cd /usr/ports/lang/php53
make config
You can also use make showconfig, make rmconfig to show and delete options, respectively.
Where are these config files saved?
/var/db/ports/<portname>/options. But don't edit this manually. Use the dialog interface.
Note also that if you use a tool such as portmaster you can force reinstall the port and its dependencies. portmaster has a --force-config flag which makes the options dialog appear again even if you haven't removed the config.