From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 27 09:52:51 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39BF28AE for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:52:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller23@insightbb.com) Received: from mail.insightbb.com (smtp.insight.synacor.com [208.47.185.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6AFB8FC12 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:52:50 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=ZYCfx7pA c=1 sm=0 a=Dm9TOXL4taQ+Gy1KovpL+A==:17 a=nRo_yGrGq-QA:10 a=jLN7EqiLvroA:10 a=9YQ-1ebCAAAA:8 a=zml9JDGrGYYA:10 a=pedpZTtsAAAA:8 a=eJFtvRbUAAAA:8 a=GLTLrIZ1G4yr8q7d7xUA:9 a=eJojReuL3h0A:10 a=XmwcNjoec9wA:10 a=Dm9TOXL4taQ+Gy1KovpL+A==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp02.insight.synacor.com smtp.mail=mueller23@insightbb.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp02.insight.synacor.com header.from=mueller23@insightbb.com; sender-id=softfail Received-SPF: softfail (smtp02.insight.synacor.com: transitional domain insightbb.com does not designate 74.130.198.7 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.130.198.7] ([74.130.198.7:42804] helo=localhost) by mail.insightbb.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.49 r(42060/42061)) with ESMTP id 8B/79-23131-0FEAB805; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 05:52:49 -0400 Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 05:52:48 -0400 Message-ID: <8B.79.23131.0FEAB805@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to run massive portmaster update without repeated interruptions? : correction Cc: Robert Backhaus X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:52:51 -0000 On 27 October 2012 12:21, Thomas Mueller wrote: > When updating many ports with portmaster, I get frequent interruptions with a prompt such as > ===>>> Delete gstreamer-0.10.35.tar.bz2? y/n [n] >How do I avoid this inefficiency? I don't see any way to say "yes, and please don't ask again!" > My /usr/local/etc/portmaster.rc is > MAKE_PACKAGE=gopt > SAVE_SHARED=wopt > PM_LOG=/var/log/portm.log > NO_BACKUP=Bopt >I don't remember this ever happening when I used portupgrade. > Tom Robert Backhaus responded: > What it is asking you is permission to delete old distfiles. You have > two options to add to your portmaster.rc: > ALWAYS_SCRUB_DISTFILES=dopt > To always remove them without asking, or > DONT_SCRUB_DISTFILES=Dopt > To never delete them. Your distfiles directory will quickly get > massive if you don't do something about stale distfiles. I saw that in 'man portmaster' and /usr/local/etc/portmaster.rc.sample , but I thought the files I was prompted for on deletion were the built packages rather than the distfiles. Examining /usr/packages/All and /BETA1/usr/ports/distfiles showed me that those files in question were outdated distfiles. So I added DONT_SCRUB_DISTFILES=Dopt to /usr/local/etc/portmaster.rc in another virtual terminal when I was prompted on deletion. This had no effect on the current paused portmaster run but will hopefully work on subsequent portmaster runs. Wrong! I typed the wrong thing here, what I added to /usr/local/etc/portmaster.rc was ALWAYS_SCRUB_DISTFILES=dopt Keeping stale distfiles is bad cyber housekeeping and leaves a lot of useless freight. Tom