Date: 15 Oct 2013 02:49:52 -0000 From: Scott Ballantyne <sdb@ssr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advice sought on Portmaster -Faf and deleted ports Message-ID: <20131015024952.60700.qmail@irelay.ssr.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310141945160.91768@wonkity.com> (message from Warren Block on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:51:04 -0600 (MDT)) References: <20131013200236.7874.qmail@irelay.ssr.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310132302220.82895@wonkity.com> <20131014174833.58154.qmail@irelay.ssr.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310141426160.89896@wonkity.com> <20131014233539.56016.qmail@irelay.ssr.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310141945160.91768@wonkity.com>
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On Mon 14 Oct 2013 Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 14 Oct 2013, Scott Ballantyne wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 14 oct 2013, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, 14 Oct 2013, Scott Ballantyne wrote: > >> > > > > Actually, the last time I updated my ports was when I installed 9.0, > > and I used the portmaster 'nuke all ports' method I was trying to > > day. Since then, several dozen ports of been 'deleted' or 'renamed', > > not just the linux_base-fc4. Seems in the case of ports which have > > been renamed or replaced, this could in fact be simply automated in > > most cases. > > I think it does handle renamed ports. Whether the ones it does not > handle are due to missing functionality or because they are difficult or > impossible to handle, don't know. Such was not my experience, Warren. And actually, a google search while I was trying to solve this turned up many reports of the same problem over the past years.
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