Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:58:21 +0200 From: Sandra Kachelmann <s.kachelmann@googlemail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster Message-ID: <AANLkTinfXC%2B4J-ZVyUShqKNS3AgpXgwDtnMjVx=iSo9K@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C5BC280.1070805@FreeBSD.org> References: <AANLkTinBJo0M-5fL=ATeY0KXnjA3O-7=TOLMF0X6dzdC@mail.gmail.com> <4C5BC280.1070805@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 08/06/2010 00:24, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: >> I've been using ports-mgmt/portupgrade pretty much ever since it >> started to exist. Unfortunately portupgrade seems to be pretty much >> "abandonware" so I've been told to move on to portmaster. Despite the >> very long manpage I can't seem to be able to achieve the following >> thing with portmaster: >> >> $ portupgrade --batch -a > > Someone who has used portupgrade and is familiar with exactly what > --batch does can probably help you with that bit, but I'm sure by now > you've figured out that portmaster has a -a feature. > > Meanwhile, go get a $BEVERAGE, get comfortable, and actually _read_ the > portmaster man page, don't just skim through it. I put a lot of effort > into explain what portmaster does, how it does it, and also WHY it does > things the way it does. Most (if not all) of your questions are answered > there. Please don't take this wrong but IMO it's way too overdocumented for normal users that don't actually read bsd.ports.mk before breakfast :-) Sandra
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