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Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> writes:

> 	I've got ~770 ports install--many|most depencencies.  Doesn't
> 	"-a" rebuilt *everything*?  If not, I've been sadly
> 	mis-understanding the man page.  

"-a" makes sure that everything is up-to-date, but it doesn't rebuild
ports that are already up-to-date.  Unless you want it to; in which
case you can also provide "-f".