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Date:      Wed, 30 Oct 2002 16:10:16 -0500
From:      Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>
To:        Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>, Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How flexible _is_ the use of ports?
Message-ID:  <20021030161016.K618@numachi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021030204056.GG197@vectors.cx>; from adamw@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 12:40:56PM -0800
References:  <20021030150951.J618@numachi.com> <1036008702.460.29.camel@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> <20021030204056.GG197@vectors.cx>

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On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 12:40:56PM -0800, Adam Weinberger wrote:
> >> (10.30.2002 @ 1211 PST): Larry Rosenman said, in 1.5K: <<
> > portupgrade -fr portname
> > 
> > (/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade). 
> > 
> > (or is it portupgrade -fR? )  read the man page. 
> >> end of "Re: How flexible _is_ the use of ports?" from Larry Rosenman <<
> 
> He wants portupgrade -fr portname. -r does all the dependencies *down*
> the list; -R does all the dependencies *up* the list. (R:uppercase ::
> -R:up the list). Wow, that was a really sappy analogy ::)

Cool!  Thanks for the responses:  I was messing with portcheckout,
which didn't quite swing it.

Is there a canonical list of tools for port management?  It seems
to be: install one, read it's manpage for 'see also', install
_those_, recurse until bored.

(This looks really cool, actually...)

> -Adam

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