-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 01/18/11 15:43, Mark Terribile wrote: >> From: Xin LI <delp...@delphij.net> >> Subject: Re: Returning with question about SELECTIVELY updating ports tree > >> On 01/18/11 15:00, Mark Terribile wrote: >> [...] >>> So: How do I upgrade my ports system selectively, >> without wiping out everything? >> You can actually portsnap extract a part of the ports >> tree. e.g.: >> >> portsnap extract net/openldap24-server >> >> BUT, keep in mind that this might be more tricky than a >> normal portsnap >> update, as you may miss certain dependency. > >> Xin LI <delp...@delphij.net> > > Xin, > > Will that work on the first extract? If not, am I back to the original > problem: wiping things out at random?
As long as you do 'portsnap extract category/portname' it will only affect directories matching that. E.g. 'net/openldap' would match net/openldap*. There is no "first extract" when you do it this way. > Is that what I really want to achieve? Or do I want to extract the control > files (INDEX?) and then update the ports one at a time? INDEX is not a critical file, if you really need that, you should probably generate it manually. > It sounds like the only sane way to use portsnap is to run portsnap when the > OS is first installed, before even building the first port. Not quite but I (personally) always do that. 'portsnap extract' is required before 'portsnap update' but not a partial extract nor fetching update. Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delp...@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJNNjcTAAoJEATO+BI/yjfBhgsIAJ4Atudcot6L+rSHM/uR3dpu KQ3sGHOAV0f/T0384w1I8IT06oRmTNx7xk0FoLfMQzw2aX8qpbH1L5ZylDvKSKOy Hh7S0y4QHkjbL0pcPMFp3mi606WdmHWobRPsWqSzOJB7l9zGHLAcT5yp6b2mwiMP MupmW8GDbbphWzZ3HcQkC/VEmR1ifQ5m9LBpvOuvY77AUnElBoYfbcSF4xiBB3oV RdtRkYfnQczjq0pZa0wsj4OWjj1HaHwzDDqSb0GvUSHV7z+98WY/yVq0XaVYUf7s F64pvgBUUpk+ubIPwSv7E1KdyTJzEfY3+52tInZMzIaUs5ehgCxz7cGp3AtlhkE= =vACb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
