From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 14 13:40:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AE1316A41F; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:40:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (jojo.ms-net.de [84.16.236.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98C3D43D46; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:40:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (p54A5ECB0.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.236.176]) (authenticated bits=0) by www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k0EDYOqW097876; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:34:24 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Magellan.Leidinger.net (Magellan.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.1]) by Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k0EDeGRj028684; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:40:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:40:16 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Doug Barton 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.100 (GTK+ 2.8.9; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: pav@freebsd.org, freebsd ports Subject: Re: New /bin/sh based script to manage ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:40:23 -0000 On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 03:45:10 -0800 Doug Barton 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 An option to update all outdated ports on the system would be nice.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. -- "One world, one web, one program" -- Microsoft promotional ad "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuehrer" -- Adolf Hitler http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7 WL http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/registry/1FZ4DTHQE9PQ8/ref=wl_em_to/