From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Aug  6 15:37:17 2010
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42B86106574A
	for <ports@freebsd.org>; Fri,  6 Aug 2010 15:37:17 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from estrabd@gmail.com)
Received: from x2045.x.rootbsd.net (x2045.x.rootbsd.net [208.86.227.221])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE9CE8FC1A
	for <ports@freebsd.org>; Fri,  6 Aug 2010 15:37:16 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from x2045.x.rootbsd.net (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by x2045.x.rootbsd.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o76EkGqQ026403;
	Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:46:16 GMT (envelope-from estrabd@gmail.com)
Received: (from estrabd@localhost)
	by x2045.x.rootbsd.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o76EkG9u026402;
	Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:46:16 GMT (envelope-from estrabd@gmail.com)
X-Authentication-Warning: x2045.x.rootbsd.net: estrabd set sender to
	estrabd@gmail.com using -f
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:46:16 +0000
From: "B. Estrade" <estrabd@gmail.com>
To: Sandra Kachelmann <s.kachelmann@googlemail.com>
Message-ID: <20100806144616.GQ18105@x2045.x.rootbsd.net>
References: <AANLkTimHgdWVpwP8r3rKXUe30acKvFdXs4xPpy9tgav-@mail.gmail.com>
	<AANLkTi=mreef7UDpGPwmnQ2Ascvq3Ca0w7RztBkJt6PK@mail.gmail.com>
	<AANLkTinhsdNOG+QRAr+80cC1WW8oKO9i-u_DzCnzbJj_@mail.gmail.com>
	<AANLkTikAfbhawpFVB_8bjmUXhLKWSmZStZzH=uKBBC36@mail.gmail.com>
	<AANLkTikbNviAAitaBRdbf+=uND1oN03M+NyL-t1yCK69@mail.gmail.com>
	<AANLkTimemgHRtAivPxKwYk2FP8yRm3m8rsNFS8VYQxDu@mail.gmail.com>
	<AANLkTi=puWu-bVbNpmWvkKXyzGkEZDJJ0izgeWDdwX0b@mail.gmail.com>
	<AANLkTi=F9EehhPS-ba53RZWof0KFq9r81HW56jxMUEj+@mail.gmail.com>
	<AANLkTimCVvpg10HYiNqvSn92pLRQdhwWzxCeNO9EF=9v@mail.gmail.com>
	<AANLkTi=cJZwGOrLQC2UGoQSO1JR3n-ytA-pK1JyzGkko@mail.gmail.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=cJZwGOrLQC2UGoQSO1JR3n-ytA-pK1JyzGkko@mail.gmail.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i
mailed-by: B. Estrade <estrabd@cs.uh.edu>
Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>,
	Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster
X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD <freebsd-ports.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports>,
	<mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports>,
	<mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:37:17 -0000

On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 04:37:42PM +0200, Sandra Kachelmann wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Sandra Kachelmann
> > <s.kachelmann@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hmm...
> >>
> >> I just tried to update an outdated system with:
> >>
> >> $ portmaster --no-confirm -G -m 'BATCH=yes' -a
> >>
> >> after a while it asked me whether I want to delete pcre - so -m
> >> BATCH=yes does not work.
> >
> > Come on, please read the man page.
> 
> Ignore me if you don't want to help. The man page is too huge.

The man page is not that big, I just checked due to my interest in
this thread. portmaster seems to be very configurable and scriptable,
but I would suggest that among the "examples" in the man page be the
idiom(s) one might want to use if a complete batch process is desired.

Cheers,
Brett

> 
> Sandra
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"

-- 
B. Estrade <estrabd@gmail.com>