On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:47:59 +0100 "Christopher J. Ruwe" <c...@cruwe.de> wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:59:49 +0000 > "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > Threads about portmaster and portupgrade status raise the question, > > what flags for portmaster are comparable to -R and -r for > > portupgrade? > > > > I might want to portupgrade a package and all its dependencies (-R), > > or less frequently, all packages that depend on the package to be > > portupgraded (-r). How would I do that using portmaster? I read > > both man pages many times. > > > > Tom > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > Hi Tom, > > I never gave it much thought, however, I am under the impression that > portmaster does not require an explicit flag to do that. > > When installing some port, then I use portmaster -D /usr/port/<some > port path>, the -D determining that I do not want to be prompted > whether to retain the old distfiles or not, but to retain them (-d > being the converse and deleting old distfiles). Using portmaster in > the way described checks for dependencies and automagically updates > them in case there are newer available. > > Cheers, Sorry for missing one part (the -r) of your question ... how does "[-R] -r name/glob of port directory in /var/db/pkg rebuild the specified port, and all ports that depend on it" in the portmaster man page sound to you and does it do what you a requiring? cheers, -- Christopher J. Ruwe TZ GMT + 1
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