Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 17:57:15 -0500 From: "Gerald A. Speak" <gaspeak@va.prestige.net> To: "Scott I. Remick" <siremick@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: prefetching port dependencies Message-ID: <200211181757.15456.gaspeak@va.prestige.net> In-Reply-To: <20021118223109.60438.qmail@web41109.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20021118223109.60438.qmail@web41109.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Monday 18 November 2002 05:31 pm, Scott I. Remick wrote: > Quick question: > > I'm getting interested in using portupgrade -FR to prefetch a port's source > and its dependencies (and maybe even run the fetching in a 2nd session > while other parts are compiling). But I can only get it to work on stuff > that is already installed. It works great then. > > Is there an equivalent means to prefetch dependencies for a port that ISN'T > installed yet? For example, I hadn't installed mozilla yet on this box but > when I ran: > > portupgrade -FR mozilla-devel > Try portupgrade -FRN /usr/ports/www/mozilla-devel (from the manpage) > I got an error that there was no such package installed. > > Sorry if this is a newbie question. > > [I tried to research this but case-insensitivity (-fr is diff than -FR) in > search engines was making it useless.] > > ===== > Scott I. Remick --==-- ICQ: 450152 > Save the internet - Use Mozilla: http://home.adelphia.net/~sremick/mozilla/ > "Voici mon secret. Il est tres simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. > L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." No trees were harmed in the > composition of this message, although some electrons were mildly > inconvenienced. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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