From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 28 21: 5:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from norn.ca.eu.org (cr965240-b.abtsfd1.bc.wave.home.com [24.113.19.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF88714F87 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:05:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cpiazza@norn.ca.eu.org) Received: by norn.ca.eu.org (Postfix, from userid 1002) id D02DF65; Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:05:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:05:31 -0700 From: Chris Piazza To: Doug White Cc: Mark Shepard , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: updating packages automatically... Message-ID: <19990928210531.A734@norn.ca.eu.org> References: <19990928114145.A41493@ed209.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre1i In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 08:40:50PM -0700, Doug White wrote: > 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? http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=580888+0+archive/1999/freebsd-ports/19990919.freebsd-ports > > > - 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. make package-depends might be what you're looking for. -Chris -- :Chris Piazza : Abbotsford, BC: :cpiazza@home.net : cpiazza@FreeBSD.org: : : : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message