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Date:      Wed,  3 Oct 2012 16:47:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Ronald F.Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        rfg@tristatelogic.com
Subject:   docs/172313: man page for portupgrade doesn't describe the effects of --batch
Message-ID:  <20121003234706.732595083F@segfault.tristatelogic.com>
Resent-Message-ID: <201210040000.q9400Ooo040963@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         172313
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       man page for portupgrade doesn't describe the effects of --batch
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Oct 04 00:00:24 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ronald F. Guilmette
>Release:        FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE amd64
>Organization:
entr0py
>Environment:
System: 8.3-RELEASE

>Description:

The man page for portupgrade fails to describe the actual effects of --batch

>How-To-Repeat:

man portupgrade

>Fix:

Insert something like the following (which I found online):

The effect is that no configuration menus will pop up and require user intervention. The ports being upgraded will either use their default configuration options, or the ones previously saved during make config
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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