Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:27:34 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Anselm Strauss <amsibamsi@gmail.com> Cc: daniele <glimp@live.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port/package install preview Message-ID: <4B9130F6.5040901@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <29722c131003050814i46cff405s5996768dd94f653f@mail.gmail.com> References: <29722c131003050743i4da11f4ak897ec813b48d30df@mail.gmail.com> <BLU0-SMTP591A2AB12EB7AE35CD2742DC380@phx.gbl> <29722c131003050814i46cff405s5996768dd94f653f@mail.gmail.com>
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On 05/03/2010 16:14:12, Anselm Strauss wrote:
> 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?
I think 'portmaster -n' is probably your best bet for this.
Ports certainly does take account of what has already been installed
either from ports or packages -- remember that a package is basically an
installed port: once the bits have hit the disk platter it doesn't
matter whether they came from a local compilation or were downloaded as
a package tarball.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
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PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate
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