From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 3 13:04:26 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19BB91065670 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 13:04:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmfepo202.cox.net (eastrmfepo202.cox.net [68.230.241.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B58A8FC0A for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 13:04:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo110.cox.net ([68.230.241.223]) by eastrmfepo202.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20120303130419.DWEQ1165.eastrmfepo202.cox.net@eastrmimpo110.cox.net>; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 08:04:19 -0500 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([98.164.84.176]) by eastrmimpo110.cox.net with bizsmtp id h14K1i0033oG0Ji0214KDF; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:04:19 -0500 X-CT-Class: Clean X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A020203.4F5216D3.0070,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=4+d3365FwXO39Q6CIaohezzFfUymJ8jBUV6iqnnMg0E= c=1 sm=1 a=C8lySThT0zIA:10 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=qwmwShWo9LG1Fa0ONy89vg==:17 a=OA2lqS22AAAA:8 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=2QxmsMZFwNik40pAwpwA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=ZZAfTtC2Ym4A:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=qwmwShWo9LG1Fa0ONy89vg==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Received: from cox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q23D4Ive005244; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 07:04:18 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 07:04:13 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: Robert Huff Message-ID: <20120303070413.3da1b6a1@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20306.2907.309020.842953@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <4F4BA7CE.20107@FreeBSD.org> <20120303010602.6daeb272@cox.net> <4F51D392.8080605@FreeBSD.org> <20306.2907.309020.842953@jerusalem.litteratus.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Doug Barton , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade -> portmaster Rosetta Stone? 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: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:04:26 -0000 On Sat, 3 Mar 2012 07:15:23 -0500 Robert Huff wrote: > > Doug Barton writes: > > > On 3/2/2012 11:06 PM, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > > Doug, is there a way to emulate portupgrade's "-k" (keep going) > > > option, to have the remaining list of ports to be built still > > > continue processing even if one port's build fails? > > > > You haven't missed it, the answer is no. It's part of that > > "portmaster can't read minds" problem that if something fails, I > > have no way of knowing if the rest of the updates should stop as > > a result. > > But ... isn't this a case where you don't have to read minds? > It seems (to me) the user would be saying "I understand the risk, > and accept responsibility for dealing with the consequences.". At > that point, whether thet're right or wrong is not your problem .... > > > Robert Huff Yes, that's how I feel about it, myself, and it seems to have been the philosophy of the portupgrade author as well. Let the user shoot himself in the foot. :-) -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net