From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 27 03:50:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 089B116A4CE for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 03:50:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [198.92.228.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A495643D46 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 03:50:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 084D0610E; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:50:46 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 59901-05; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:50:34 -0600 (CST) Received: from [198.92.228.34] (racerx.makeworld.com [198.92.228.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 787F860EA; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:50:34 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <41CF86BF.2020306@makeworld.com> Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:51:27 -0600 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041218) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kris Kennaway 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> <41CF8375.5070801@makeworld.com> <41CF8450.7070308@makeworld.com> <20041227034534.GA5120@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20041227034534.GA5120@xor.obsecurity.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.2.0 (20041102) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic cc: Harlan Stenn cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: harlan@everett.org Subject: Re: portupgrade -P and local changes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 03:50:47 -0000 Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 09:41:04PM -0600, Chris wrote: > > >>>>>>>Neither -x nor HOLD_PKGS is what I want. > > >>>>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 > > >>Well now - that didn't format like I expected. Sorry about that. >>Nonetheless, I think the manpage reflects the point. > > > You're the one who's really not paying attention..see the first line > of the message, which was the response when I suggested -x. Are we > all caught up now? Good :) > > Kris Hahaha - Leave me alone. It's been a long and tiring Xmas (Yeah, that's it - that's the ticket). -- Best regards, Chris A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.