Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 16:10:16 -0500 From: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>, Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How flexible _is_ the use of ports? Message-ID: <20021030161016.K618@numachi.com> In-Reply-To: <20021030204056.GG197@vectors.cx>; from adamw@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 12:40:56PM -0800 References: <20021030150951.J618@numachi.com> <1036008702.460.29.camel@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> <20021030204056.GG197@vectors.cx>
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On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 12:40:56PM -0800, Adam Weinberger wrote: > >> (10.30.2002 @ 1211 PST): Larry Rosenman said, in 1.5K: << > > portupgrade -fr portname > > > > (/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade). > > > > (or is it portupgrade -fR? ) read the man page. > >> end of "Re: How flexible _is_ the use of ports?" from Larry Rosenman << > > He wants portupgrade -fr portname. -r does all the dependencies *down* > the list; -R does all the dependencies *up* the list. (R:uppercase :: > -R:up the list). Wow, that was a really sappy analogy ::) Cool! Thanks for the responses: I was messing with portcheckout, which didn't quite swing it. Is there a canonical list of tools for port management? It seems to be: install one, read it's manpage for 'see also', install _those_, recurse until bored. (This looks really cool, actually...) > -Adam -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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