Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:43:33 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Terribile <materribile@yahoo.com> To: d@delphij.net Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Returning with question about SELECTIVELY updating ports tree Message-ID: <733587.400.qm@web110310.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4D36223E.1010405@delphij.net>
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> From: Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>=0A> Subject: Re: Returning with questi= on about SELECTIVELY updating ports tree=0A=0A> On 01/18/11 15:00, Mark Ter= ribile wrote:=0A> [...]=0A> > So: How do I upgrade my ports system selectiv= ely,=0A> without wiping out everything?=0A> You can actually portsnap extra= ct a part of the ports=0A> tree.=A0 e.g.:=0A> =0A> =A0=A0=A0 portsnap extra= ct net/openldap24-server=0A> =0A> BUT, keep in mind that this might be more= tricky than a=0A> normal portsnap=0A> update, as you may miss certain depe= ndency.=0A=0A> Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>=A0=A0=A0=0A=0AXin,=0A=0AWill th= at work on the first extract? If not, am I back to the original problem: w= iping things out at random?=0A=0AIs 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?=0A=0AIt 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.=0A=0A Mark Terribile=0A=0A=0A
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