From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 13 02:51:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A11516A4CE for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 02:51:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outbox.allstream.net (outbox.allstream.net [207.245.244.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E65B443D2D for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 02:51:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from epilogue@allstream.net) Received: from localhost (mon-pq69-087.dial.allstream.net [216.123.128.215]) by outbox.allstream.net (Allstream MTA) with SMTP id E3DF95E2A; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:51:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:50:41 -0400 From: epilogue To: Ron Joordens Message-Id: <20040712225041.29ab42dd@localhost> In-Reply-To: <11F383396235D511994B00A0C9E175377212C7@INDEC-NTSERVER> References: <11F383396235D511994B00A0C9E175377212C7@INDEC-NTSERVER> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: "''Freebsd-Questions \(E-mail\)'" Subject: Re: Can Portupgrade provide a list of files to download? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 02:51:04 -0000 On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:07:57 +1000 Ron Joordens wrote: > Morning Everyone, > > Having only a dial-up connection at home, I try to download most of the > large files I need for FreeBSD at work. To date I have to sit down in > front of the pc, run portupgrade with the fetch only option and then note > down the url's and file names of the needed files. Of course when a large > file comes along (anything over 3 to 4 meg), after I note the details I > press ctrl c to interupt and move to the next file. Problem is this skips > files. So the next day, after I have fetched the files I noted at work > and placed them in distfiles, I run portupgrade again to discover I still > need a whole stack of files and the next day again, and the next day > again, etc. It takes a few days to fetch all files and is extremly > tedious. > > I was playing with Gentoo the other day and discovered that it has a > pretend option that prints out all the files needed and their urls > (several for each file). What a time saver! > > I tried portupgrade with the -n pretend option to see how it worked. > However, it does not give url's and it seems to lists the version of the > port it is upgrading from rather than the version it is upgrading to. > > Does anyone know if portupgrade provides such functionality? gauging by the man page, i would say no. i have noticed that there is often more than one url for a given port. you could manually assemble a list of the files you will need (including dependencies) by checking the Makefile for each port or using a web-based resource like freebsd.org/ports or freshports.org. you will also want to know what packages you already have installed (pkg_info). > Many thanks. > > Ron > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >