Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:49:41 -0500 From: stan <stanb@panix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where can I find a list of the cvsup tags for ports? Message-ID: <20040206004941.GA9813@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <1076027819.471.141.camel@localhost> References: <00be01c3eb35$8b4a6b10$7764a8c0@ITDept> <200402040848.06080.kstewart@owt.com> <20040204203143.GA22819@teddy.fas.com> <1076027819.471.141.camel@localhost>
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On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 06:36:59PM -0600, Frank Knobbe wrote: > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 14:31, stan wrote: > > I have a system that I have removed all teh non English language port > > directories, and I run a cvsup _with_ a refuse file for these. Then I did a > > portdb -Uu. This resulted in a fair number of complaints, but when I ran > > portupgrade -aRr it hapilly took of running. > > > > Granted this sytem only has 19 ports installed. But it seems to work. Am I > > missing somehting hrere? > > Nope. I've been doing that too. I have non-english and unused ports > commented out in my ports-supfile (ports-all commented out and > individual ports are in), and also listed non-language ports in refuse. > portupgrade runs fine. portdb complaints with a ton of error messages > about dependencies missing etc, but all is well. > > The only gotcha I encountered is when new ports branches are added (i.e. > port-dns). Since I list specific ports in my supfile, new ports are not > caught automatically, which means the supfile needs occasional > maintenance. That's about it. And you're right, it's a space saver on > small drives :) Thanks for the confirmation that it works on a more fully populated machine. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
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