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Date:      Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:07:44 +0100 (CET)
From:      Marco Steinbach <coco@executive-computing.de>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: portmaster: Installing new ports without upgrading already installed ones ?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202152302230.1303@s560x.c0c0.intra>
In-Reply-To: <4F3C29F0.6080106@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <4F3BBB66.7070009@executive-computing.de> <4F3C29F0.6080106@FreeBSD.org>

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On Wed, 15 Feb 2012, Doug Barton wrote:

> 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.)

Fair enough -- thanks for the clarification.  And for maintaining portmaster
in the first place, of course.

MfG CoCo




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