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Date:      Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:30:03 +0100
From:      Matt Smith <matt.xtaz@gmail.com>
To:        Thomas Mueller <mueller6722@twc.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: synth install ... builds but does not always install named packages
Message-ID:  <20170915083003.GB1995@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C.CD.25924.D0E8BB95@dnvrco-omsmta02>
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On Sep 15 08:23, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>In some cases, the named packages failed to install the first time 
>(math/gnumeric and editors/abiword), and in other cases desired 
>dependencies didn't install (devel/nasm and sysutils/coreutils, for 
>instance).
>
>I need some of those build dependencies for other things like, for instance, cross-compiling Haiku and cross-compiling Linux toolchains, or other FreeBSD ports.
>
>Is there anything I can specify to install those build dependencies, and how do I go through /var/synth/live-packages/All and pkg info -a to install those packages that failed to install without missing something?
>
>Synth runs faster and more gracefully than portmaster, but portmaster installed everything that it built.
>
>Tom
>

Maybe something along the lines of pkg install -g * ? I'm not sure, but 
-g lets you do a glob pattern.

-- 
Matt



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