Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:37:25 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: harlan@everett.org Subject: Re: portupgrade -P and local changes Message-ID: <41CF8375.5070801@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20041227032735.GB4830@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20041227005634.GA57788@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041227025309.2398C54829@minnie.everett.org> <20041227030927.GA99115@xor.obsecurity.org> <41CF7FDC.4000302@makeworld.com> <20041227032735.GB4830@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 09:22:04PM -0600, Chris wrote: > >>Kris Kennaway wrote: >> >>>On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 06:53:09PM -0800, Harlan Stenn wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Neither -x nor HOLD_PKGS is what I want. >>>> >>>>I *want* to upgrade the software, I just do not want to FETCH prebuilt >>>>packages for any package that has a Makefile.local file in the tree, as >>>>a Makefile.local file means I want to build that package with local >>>>changes. >>> >>> >>>That's a very specific requirement, then, and I don't think >>>portupgrade can do it. >>> >>>Kris >> >>A snippet from the portupgrade manpage. Note the execution model... >>Pay close attention to item 1 (-P). >> >>I dunno - it's seems fairly clear to me that the manpage does a fine job >>detailing just what parm does when. Again, to me at least - this thread >>should have halted by telling the user to view the manpage. > > > Er..the thread started with a question from a user who *knows about -P > and uses it*, but doesn't want portupgrade to fetch packages in a > specific situation. > > Kris Again, from the manpage ... " -x GLOB --exclude GLOB Exclude packages matching the specified glob pattern. Exclusion is performed after recursing dependency in response to -r and/or -R, which means, for example, the following command will upgrade all the packages depending on XFree86 but leave XFree86 as it is: portupgrade -rx XFree86 XFree86" -- Best regards, Chris You may be recognized soon. Hide! If they find you, lie.
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