Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:42:24 -0800 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>, Thomas Backman <serenity@exscape.org>, Olivier SMEDTS <olivier@gid0.org>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu> Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: Shared Library Versions bumped... Message-ID: <200907282342.25038.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <4A6FF5FA.5010904@FreeBSD.org> References: <1248027417.14210.110.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> <200907232335.54973.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> <4A6FF5FA.5010904@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tuesday 28 July 2009 23:10:50 Doug Barton wrote:
> Mel Flynn wrote:
> > I wrapped portmaster, since -af has the same problem when something
> > screws the build (mostly plist problems and $me wanting backup packages,
> > but also classics like using sudo as PM_SU_CMD and trying to reinstall
> > it).
>
> I hate to tell you but portmaster already has the ability to restart
> after an interrupted -af. See the man page regarding the -R option.
Maybe that can be cleared up:
-R restart an update, skipping ports already up to date. Used with -r
^^^^^^^^^^
or -f options.
Yes, I should've gathered what it meant when reading "or -f options", but I
never read that far. Perhaps that could read "... already done in the previous
run".
> So
> you can do this the first time: portmaster -Daf
>
> Then do this the second (or more) time: portmaster -DGRaf
And with the above in EXAMPLES.
> The one caveat is that you don't want to run any other portmaster
> commands in between since it will remove all the flags when it exits
> successfully.
Gotcha. Is there a reason the flags are removed if the options are not "-r or
-f"?
--
Mel
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