Peter, Apparently it was the quotes!
Upgrade appears to be working right. Thanks. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Steve P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: portupgrading only certain ports > Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:23:20 -0500 (EST) > > > > --- "Steve P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am trying to avoid upgrading two ports: kde and X. > > > > What are the command line options to portupgrade to accomplish this? > > > > For instance, I tried this and it failed: > > #portupgrade -a -x 'kde*' -x 'x*' > > > > Where am I going wrong? > > > > I've read the pertinent handbook ports section, and did man portupgrade, > > but still I can not get it to work. Maybe it has something to do with > > pkg_glob, I don't know. > > I never tried this feature but from the man page it seems you do not need > the single quotes. You probably can also just type the package names > (with no glob characters) with or without version numbers. > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"