From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 1 13:29:07 2011 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 693EA106564A for ; Sat, 1 Jan 2011 13:29:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27C6B8FC15 for ; Sat, 1 Jan 2011 13:29:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mr16.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.36]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 01 Jan 2011 08:29:06 -0500 Received: from mx04.lnh.mail.rcn.net (mx04.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.54]) by mr16.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 4.1.9-GA) with ESMTP id AVI44161; Sat, 1 Jan 2011 08:29:05 -0500 Received: from 209-6-91-204.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.91.204]) by smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 01 Jan 2011 08:29:05 -0500 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19743.11296.856741.802484@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 08:29:04 -0500 To: David Southwell In-Reply-To: <201101011209.17387.david@vizion2000.net> References: <201101011209.17387.david@vizion2000.net> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr16.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: portupgrade -f advice please 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, 01 Jan 2011 13:29:07 -0000 David Southwell writes: > A bit puzzled > > I have a problem with apache22 loading and decided before doing > anything else that I would upgrade apache22 recursively to > rebuild all ports upon which it depened and which depend upon > apache. > > The (to me) logical command was: > > dns1# portupgrade -frR apache22 > > Which generated the following: > [Exclude up-to-date packages done] > > Man portupgrade shows: > -f > --force Force the upgrade of a package even if it is to be > a downgrade or just a reinstall of the same ver- > sion, or the port is held by user using the > HOLD_PKGS variable in pkgtools.conf. > > I do not want to exclude packages that appear to be > up-to-date. Where is this limitation on force set? Assuming the reoirt if generated output is verbatim, I beleive this is behaving as you desire. Usually the "Excluding up-to-date packages" line includes what I believe is one dot per package so excluded. I would argue a better notification would be something like: 'R' and 'f' options specifed - skipping up-to-date dependency checks. Robert Huff