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Date:      Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:56:00 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Marco Steinbach <coco@executive-computing.de>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: portmaster: Installing new ports without upgrading already installed ones ?
Message-ID:  <4F3C29F0.6080106@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4F3BBB66.7070009@executive-computing.de>
References:  <4F3BBB66.7070009@executive-computing.de>

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On 02/15/2012 06:04, Marco Steinbach wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> is there a way for telling portmaster to not upgrade already installed
> dependencies, besides explicitly excluding these with '-x' or using
> '+IGNOREME' ?

Someone already mentioned -i.

> In other words:  Is there a flag, or a combination thereof, to have
> portmaster conveniently just install missing and not upgrade allready
> installed dependencies -- like a 'make install' in a ports' directory
> would do ?

To answer your question, no. The tool is not designed to be used that
way. (And no, I won't add that as an option.)


hth,

Doug

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