Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:24:49 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Willy Picard <picard@kti.ae.poznan.pl> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmaster and BROKEN ports Message-ID: <47EACD31.2070803@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20080326085035.GA1756@copernic.kti.ae.poznan.pl> References: <20080325212146.GA32955@copernic.kti.ae.poznan.pl> <47E97F0F.10900@FreeBSD.org> <20080326085035.GA1756@copernic.kti.ae.poznan.pl>
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Willy Picard wrote:
> portupgrade simply ignores BROKEN ports during a "portupgrade -a". I am not even
> asking about a similar behaviour for portmaster. I wanted just to ask if an
> option allows to do the same. If no such an option exists, I think that its
> addition to the functionality of portmaster may be worth considering.
I think it's important for users to know when their ports go into a
BROKEN state, so ignoring them is not an option. If a user actually
wants to ignore a port that is BROKEN, the +IGNOREME mechanism is
available, as you pointed out.
Doug
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