Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 20:40:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Mark Shepard <mns@MetaThink.COM> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: updating packages automatically... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909282038080.87789-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990928114145.A41493@ed209.home>
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On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Mark Shepard wrote: > I _like_ the idea of a email-summary of "What's New in the World of Ports". We used to have this. I think it morphed into the webpage mutation we have now (note you can request all the changed ports in the last X time frame). Maybe it's posted to the -ports mailing list? > - Before I do a "make install", is there some way to > find out exactly which dependencies of the port I'm installing are also > going to need to be upgraded? I think a 'make checkdep' type target to run the dependency check w/o actually building them would be a plus. This should be very easy to do w/ the current bsd.port.mk frame. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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