Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:44:32 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Kurt Abahar <xverify@yahoo.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keeping Ports and Packages Synchronized Message-ID: <46A94E00.8090806@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <741883.89656.qm@web53507.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <741883.89656.qm@web53507.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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Kurt Abahar wrote:
> --- Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
>> Maybe you can describe in more detail what you're
>> trying to
>> accomplish. Leave out potential solutions, just
>> describe what your
>> goal is.
>
> I have a lot of ports installed and it takes a lot of
> time to compile them. Therefore, I'm trying to use
> packages as much as possible. After updating the ports
> tree using portsnap, portupgrade looks for packages
> that don't exist yet. Basically, my goal is to avoid
> this and have the ports tree update to a state for
> which packages have already been built.
Ok, that's what I was afraid you were asking for. No such facility
exists, and I don't imagine anyone creating one any time soon because
it would be VERY hard to accomplish for a large number of reasons.
> I apologize if I can't explain it very clearly,
> English isn't my native language.
Your description was perfect, it was my understanding of it that
needed help. :)
Regards,
Doug
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