Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 23:07:48 +0200 From: Panagiotis Astithas <past@ebs.gr> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New /bin/sh based script to manage ports Message-ID: <43E90C24.2000908@ebs.gr> In-Reply-To: <43E9024F.3040703@FreeBSD.org> References: <43D610B6.5080008@FreeBSD.org> <43DE40FE.6000507@ebs.gr> <43DE6C65.9040306@FreeBSD.org> <43DE7652.9050807@ebs.gr> <43DF346B.407@FreeBSD.org> <43DF40BC.4060600@ebs.gr> <43E2B3A6.9060508@FreeBSD.org> <43E2B530.4050500@FreeBSD.org> <20060203065504.GA3857@weller-fahy.com> <43E31808.6070205@FreeBSD.org> <20060203111911.GA22446@hal.ebs.gr> <43E84A10.2050201@FreeBSD.org> <43E86940.7070302@ebs.gr> <43E9024F.3040703@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > Panagiotis Astithas wrote: > >> I was referring to questions like, 'update port X? [n]' > > You should only get that message once, if you use a glob pattern with -r, > such as 'portmaster -r gnutls'. Perhaps you're right, I'm not sure I witnessed it more than once. However, is it supposed to be displayed when -f is requested? >> and 'delete foo.tgz? [n]'. > > That shouldn't happen if you use the -d or -D flags. If it is happening, > it's a bug, and I'd appreciate you letting me know how you got there. That's what happenned in my attempt to 'portmaster -rdf expat'. >> I figured, since I asked for a '-rd' update, this was >> redundant. It is not very annoying, unless you have a few hundred ports >> to update. Although, given your advice above, I will be doing it less >> often. I should also confess that I'm contemplating a completely >> non-interactive invocation of portmaster from sysutils/bpm or similar, >> where such prompts would be prohibitive. > > Well, that'd be fine, let me know when you've thought that out more, and > I'll be glad to work with you on it. Sure. Thanks, Panagiotis
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