From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 6 08:06:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 945231065678 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 08:06:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B2368FC19 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 08:06:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 31305 invoked by uid 399); 6 Aug 2010 08:06:25 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO lap.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 6 Aug 2010 08:06:25 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4C5BC280.1070805@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:06:24 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.2.7) Gecko/20100804 Thunderbird/3.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sandra Kachelmann References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:06:26 -0000 On 08/06/2010 00:24, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > I've been using ports-mgmt/portupgrade pretty much ever since it > started to exist. Unfortunately portupgrade seems to be pretty much > "abandonware" so I've been told to move on to portmaster. Despite the > very long manpage I can't seem to be able to achieve the following > thing with portmaster: > > $ portupgrade --batch -a Someone who has used portupgrade and is familiar with exactly what --batch does can probably help you with that bit, but I'm sure by now you've figured out that portmaster has a -a feature. Meanwhile, go get a $BEVERAGE, get comfortable, and actually _read_ the portmaster man page, don't just skim through it. I put a lot of effort into explain what portmaster does, how it does it, and also WHY it does things the way it does. Most (if not all) of your questions are answered there. > If I issue this command I know exactly that I can go out, have a > drink, cook some dinner and unlock my workstation the next day and > find that everything completed unless a port failed to build. You should be able to accomplish this with portmaster. hth, Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso