Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:38:42 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: jamesh@lanl.gov Subject: Re: portmaster question Message-ID: <20071025183842.6630a22c@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <1193323810.4665.21.camel@secretariat.lanl.gov> References: <f84c38580710250711q2a795caal244670db4220dad4@mail.gmail.com> <1193323810.4665.21.camel@secretariat.lanl.gov>
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:50:10 -0600 James <jamesh@lanl.gov> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 10:11 -0400, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > > > hi, > > i been using portmaster for a while when upgrading my ports, > > often times when there are some problems in certain ports, e.g. > > jdk, i will use "-x jdk" so i can deal with it later. but when > > there are two or more of them that need special attention, i cant > > find a way to do it right, i tried "-x A -x B", this seems only to > > register B as neglected; "-x A B" void B in neglect. can someone > > show me the way?? thanks!! > > > >From man portmaster: > > [-m arguments for make] [-x glob pattern to exclude from > building] -x avoid building ports as dependencies that match this > pattern > > Sounds like it's implemented as a regular expression. Try looking up > the regex syntax for the shell it's implemented in (which I think is > bourne) and using a grouping expression. It's a glob, not a regular expression. I don't think it can be done except by an unreliable cludge like "[ge][if][mo][px]" which matches gimp and firefox.
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