From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 16:14:23 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2897E106564A for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:14:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amsibamsi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f223.google.com (mail-fx0-f223.google.com [209.85.220.223]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF6218FC1D for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:14:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm23 with SMTP id 23so2771242fxm.3 for ; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:14:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=8lLkm7+/XsfDHmHb57Eg8+LCLBCUQNz2F/UhnH3hJ7c=; b=Vke4igSSFXakpOuZZQ7yjxm108KwCwKiFxb/Odt482DliWOwG3zVyHsEnnfVRp9MEd VC+EbWWofDik+4D1R4AcJuDW4yy5ghvt8IIuQp5+mTdvoenCRtptBrGEGsJfw4KVxAaq 7TvY93v/eKxh/K0Xs04ANgON0+lUXQRCIqkJQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=tc3oZiC5HSPnjGEYTLj11wV5ccafWGHUctBTG/EK8qpP98Lt+hzWSeLoY977xFDMd+ 5QJxt5jbE9ghp3xGyCMB9Xa3ShTEZmQPwEBw3XycUnPmfd6B9UGFSCVRjBh5Wmy0uSCG 5y14XYZW6HpEP0o2kzHI2Nr+LN/BvtSDjinUE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.28.156 with SMTP id m28mr1280347fac.41.1267805653130; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:14:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <29722c131003050743i4da11f4ak897ec813b48d30df@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:14:12 +0100 Message-ID: <29722c131003050814i46cff405s5996768dd94f653f@mail.gmail.com> From: Anselm Strauss To: daniele Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port/package install preview X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:14:23 -0000 That gives me some static information on the ports requirements. But I would like a preview of what rests to be done. Some ports have a lot of dependencies, most of them are already installed. Can ports also incorporate the current state of installed packages? On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:01 PM, daniele wrote: > On 03/05/10 16:43, Anselm Strauss wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> is it possible to do a real preview with portupgrade? I want to see all >> ports that would be installed/upgraded when installing a particular port. >> The --noexecute option doesn't really show me a lot. How would this be >> done >> with packages? pkg_add would have to download all packges first to be able >> to calculate all dependencies, or can it operate on an index file? >> >> Anselm >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> Hello ! > > Take a look at the 'ports' manpage and you will find a mean on how to get > useful information on the ports collection (configuring building discover > dependencies etc..) : > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ports&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE&format=html > > Examples > > * fetch-list > Show list of files to be fetched in order to build the port. > > * run-depends-list, build-depends-list > Print a list of all the compile and run dependencies, > and dependencies of those dependencies, by port directory. > > etc... > > d >