From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 6 08:58:23 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 01B6D1065678 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 08:58:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from s.kachelmann@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB1588FC08 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 08:58:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws7 with SMTP id 7so7152607vws.13 for ; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:58:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=6cNKZDms9qrhTZjwQY9jWl0Y37ceTWTLgU6i97A+S18=; b=QJ+PxshwM17xMMxOK2CDLlcvGabex0NHKpJ0FFC4E8qD67rPNcjx+OxQ70nV5DqcBD 7Dhq5+4QSGw83lL1B59/uWsj2utHY6gehER06nPMiy7AVhRE257Cx7maamdPW0UGRkfw K51Pp1RUj9fEhsIEkc5I5quIh9BaaGz0oaG3E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=OB05kI1ndHp09E0Tt0jnOroJisp9gsxapvjg7YbqzOLdnBRlB0ayD5o44dZUJrNLqU ygqzklrQUwNnW+cG2PEJ+Is/rxuM5V1PZzjW4X9w3FDv1zYQZE1CnBBoZqmHt7kSRzZm alB0PTh0fDrnM0bnPu9jmLKzHTemfISlRzKpU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.62.5 with SMTP id v5mr8133063vch.102.1281085101689; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:58:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.81.76 with HTTP; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 01:58:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C5BC280.1070805@FreeBSD.org> References: <4C5BC280.1070805@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:58:21 +0200 Message-ID: From: Sandra Kachelmann To: Doug Barton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 08:58:23 -0000 On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Doug Barton wrote: > 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. Please don't take this wrong but IMO it's way too overdocumented for normal users that don't actually read bsd.ports.mk before breakfast :-) Sandra