From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 26 15:29:57 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E259F16A417 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:29:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: from smtp113.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp113.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 897DB13C468 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:29:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: (qmail 31844 invoked from network); 26 Jul 2007 15:29:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.mikestammer.com) (mikestammer@sbcglobal.net@70.131.104.73 with login) by smtp113.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Jul 2007 15:29:56 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: LBKgiBgVM1le8JgbI7glcXcKgF8G_tQJRgSGsVy1paikzahskj5aJVzwZnF8PLk73d31zpNaJA-- Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2B12B8E7; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:30:05 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from mail.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id uF-yBVysv7Av; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:30:01 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60BF0B8DE; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:30:01 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <46A8BDEE.5080104@mikestammer.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:29:50 -0500 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Maxim Khitrov References: <46A7E417.5040800@123.com.sv> <46A8144C.7010503@crackmonkey.us> <46A8B49C.6070903@123.com.sv> <46A8B301.7080903@mikestammer.com> <26ddd1750707260823s7a7de6e7k59ac18b5e1216d94@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <26ddd1750707260823s7a7de6e7k59ac18b5e1216d94@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: porteasy vs portupgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:29:58 -0000 Maxim Khitrov wrote: > On 7/26/07, Eric wrote: > > Do you simply use 'portmaster -a' to update everything? I've tried > using it a few times, but it never recompiled ports that depend on the > one being updated. I recall there was an option to do that, but you > had to specify each port manually for that to work. How do you get it > to update all out-of-date ports and recompile everything depending on > those ports? i usually just issue the -a switch. No issues yet in over a year of doing it that way. Why recompile everything that depends on a port unless you have to? things like this are usually in UPDATING, so i do it when i need to, not every time.