Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:37:07 +0200 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for comments - pkg_trans Message-ID: <4892BD23.8000405@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <4892B440.4090809@FreeBSD.org> References: <g6res0$giq$1@ger.gmane.org> <489144B5.4030101@FreeBSD.org> <g6sgqk$mcm$1@ger.gmane.org> <4892022F.1080009@FreeBSD.org> <9bbcef730807311438m45802827y91c7bb7366406af6@mail.gmail.com> <20080801125414.55567d37@ayiin> <4892B440.4090809@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > Norberto Meijome wrote: [...] >> And since we are just wishing for things, It'd be nice to have an >> opportunity to back off from a install/remove after calculating >> dependencies, such as that provided by yum (it shows everything it >> will do and asks for confirmation before proceeding. ) > > > portmaster has the --show-work option that gives you output like this: > > ===>>> Port directory: /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-ntfs > ===>>> Starting check for all dependencies > ===>>> Gathering dependency list for sysutils/fusefs-ntfs from ports > > ===>>> Installed archivers/unzip > ===>>> Installed converters/libiconv > ===>>> Installed devel/gmake > ===>>> Installed devel/libtool15 > ===>>> NOT INSTALLED devel/libublio > ===>>> Installed devel/pkg-config > ===>>> NOT INSTALLED lang/ruby18 > ===>>> NOT INSTALLED sysutils/fusefs-kmod > ===>>> NOT INSTALLED sysutils/fusefs-libs > ===>>> NOT INSTALLED textproc/ruby-deplate > > Is that what you had in mind? That is currently a separate operation > because for ports with a lot of dependencies it can take a long time to > build the list. But I suppose that if there is interest I could create a > new mode of operation to do that check first, then confirm with the user > that they want to proceed. Yes, it would be useful to me. Sometimes old ports comes with new default options and brings new dependencies which I do not want to have installed with update / upgrade of port, but it is not easy to track these changes. If portmaster will have option to firstly show above info about dependencies and wait for confirmation, I will use this feature. Maybe in combination with some advanced logic: if all dependencies are installed, continue without confirmation, if some dependency is missing, wait for my confirmation. What you think about it? Miroslav Lachman
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