Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:06:49 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade fu... AKA there has to be a better way Message-ID: <49D7AFC9.9090708@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <49D7AC35.7060000@polands.org> References: <49D7AC35.7060000@polands.org>
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Doug Poland wrote:
> Hello,
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> I'm upgrading a server from 6.4 to 7.1 and am going through the relativ=
e
> pain of re-compiling all the ports. It's not as easy "portupgrade -af"=
> because of all the special handling instructions of many ports.
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> I have not found an "easy" way to keep track of the ports that need to
> be forcibly updated but have not undergone a version change. Because I=
> approach the upgrade in steps, I need to run portupgrade several times
> but want to exclude stuff already compiled under 7.x.
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>=20
> What I need is a command like:
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> # portupgrade -af -x "already compiled on 7"
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> Suggestions, comments, rebukes welcome.
Assuming you start the upgrade today, then:
# portupgrade -af -x ">=3D2009-04-04"
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
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