From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 4 12:05:22 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1AB82D35 for ; Wed, 4 Mar 2015 12:05:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-x22a.google.com (mail-pa0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5D8394D for ; Wed, 4 Mar 2015 12:05:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by paceu11 with SMTP id eu11so19067790pac.4 for ; Wed, 04 Mar 2015 04:05:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Hq2f2sG+705WS/tPT9Y9xJkq7uGln1PtE8lg0NljHCs=; b=ip9ucBavBUobgrtWPn4cKhxgVkNt/RDrrkp0fwcI0DlU8Na8f1/+QJ6gByJVKeA8V9 Zpxx3rBbacjdjzeOKDN+LQA57mnmjQ3eI5yOSXGStm6xpnM7OKPPKBTbrtGD7cd5Sh/Q b5Yim1PaTWkGkq/d4zvvjTDbSboxRL43msTvbpB62gUIqjchs9bxZ3vouRezbTP/QvwH 00WKPYH2uDzOxH44hb+gPuh2nv8ENwKF+as2V2xTStK7NCr/j2fFOOvxTpTtUeXO4dDS irMkhCKFGNOSa/8jGNw9ogVxhyM/Sk05iI/P1bDZDklQhawBGX4K4w8EM0hkKhIM2mAX 4QcQ== X-Received: by 10.70.140.75 with SMTP id re11mr6364923pdb.112.1425470721317; Wed, 04 Mar 2015 04:05:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.104] (ppp59-167-128-11.static.internode.on.net. [59.167.128.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id qz3sm3934138pab.13.2015.03.04.04.05.19 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 04 Mar 2015 04:05:20 -0800 (PST) Sender: Kubilay Kocak Message-ID: <54F6F4F7.3000505@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 23:05:11 +1100 From: Kubilay Kocak Reply-To: koobs@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/36.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: R0B_ROD , joey rambish Subject: Re: Hello ? just using option two... References: <1425468506.39936.YahooMailMobile@web161504.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <20150304115353.GA43940@k8-bsd.hsd1.ga.comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20150304115353.GA43940@k8-bsd.hsd1.ga.comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:05:22 -0000 On 4/03/2015 10:53 PM, R0B_ROD wrote: > On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 03:28:26AM -0800, joey rambish via freebsd-ports wrote: >> Im not sure how exactly resetting the ports works,but I will do my best >> to figure it out! Any feedback and suggestions on the subject matter would be >> great! Other than that I just like to read and learn >> how to do it and what is out there! ? > > Hey, > I assume you mean removing all the config files? > r0b@bsd:/usr/ports/ # make rmconfig-recursive > Can take care of "resetting" ports and dependencies. > > OR > > # cp -Rp /usr/ports/distfiles /var/tmp > (Backup to minimized downloading files) Not sure if its a good idea but I do it. > # rm -rf /usr/ports > # portsnap fetch > # portsnap extract > # portsnap update > > NOTE! Please read the manual before doing anything I type. My job is to break > and play with my computer. I am also a newbie so please take caution > with my advice. > > -Roberto Rodriguez Jr > Mach1ne Defense Foundati0n Thanks for helping out Roberto! Joey, there's a great page in the FreeBSD Handbook on Customizing Ports: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html Section 5.5.1.1. Customizing Ports Installation -- Koobs