From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 13 09:40:03 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5413E106566C for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:40:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.user@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 026308FC12 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:40:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb15 with SMTP id 15so2104442gwb.13 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.95.9 with SMTP id o9mr15245953yhf.2.1286962801939; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-071-077-039-064.nc.res.rr.com [71.77.39.64]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x45sm7266045yhc.45.2010.10.13.02.40.00 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: FreeBSD.user@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A4927E54846 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 05:39:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 05:39:57 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20101013053957.1c9fcd5d@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <201010131014.31158.david@vizion2000.net> References: <201010131014.31158.david@vizion2000.net> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: portupgrade command line option -f problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:40:03 -0000 On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:14:30 +0100 David Southwell articulated: > man portupgrade advises: > > -f > --force Force the upgrade of a package even if it > is to be a downgrade or just a reinstall of the same ver- > sion, or the port is held by user using > the HOLD_PKGS variable in pkgtools.conf. > > In practice on freebsd 7.2 p3 amd generic I find that uptodate > packages are excluded! > [Exclude up-to-date packages ............ > [done] > > Whereas I wish to have all identified packages rebuilt even if they > are shown as being up to date. This may be necessary if, for example, > a change has been made to make.conf which affects ports might have an > up to date version but were compiled prior to the changes in > make.conf. > > Unless I am mistaken it seems as though the -f option not produce > results I expect after reading the man page. You could use 'portmanager -f'. I can guarantee that it will rebuild everything. -- Jerry ✌ FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ Lawrence Radiation Laboratory keeps all its data in an old gray trunk.