Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:40:16 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: pav@freebsd.org, freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: New /bin/sh based script to manage ports Message-ID: <20060114144016.1dc9fdd0@Magellan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <43C8E446.5010603@FreeBSD.org> References: <43BCF31F.8050900@FreeBSD.org> <1136501778.40648.17.camel@localhost> <43C38A38.1020408@FreeBSD.org> <1136893017.2410.9.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> <43C8E446.5010603@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 03:45:10 -0800
Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > An option to update all outdated ports on the system would be nice.
>
> This is done too now, although it turned out to be a lot harder than I
> expected. It required redoing how some of the internal stuff worked, but in
> the end it made the whole script better, so I'm glad I pursued this. As an
> extra bonus you can now do 'portmaster -af' and it will force an update of
> all ports on your system, starting with the leaves.
"Leafes" as in "those ports which no other ports depends upon"? If yes:
are you sure this is a good idea? Wouldn't you think a better approach
would be to start with those ports, which depend upon no other port (=
"root" ports in my terminology)?
Bye,
Alexander.
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