Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 18:45:12 -0453 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pkg/ports question Message-ID: <5557D511.7070602@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <5557C9C4.2020301@hiwaay.net> References: <555786F1.8000509@hiwaay.net> <E0DC92E3-56FD-4F15-A5A3-44EF7E28E096@ardiefox.me> <5557C9C4.2020301@hiwaay.net>
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On 05/16/15 17:56, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > On 05/16/15 13:22, Ardie H. Hwang wrote: >> Postmaster is for easy mass upgrading ports member softwares, not for >> updating ports tree itself. >> >> Try `portsnap fetch update` first, then issue `portmaster -L` again. >> >> -- >> Ardie H. Hwang >> ---------------- >> email:iam@ardiefox.me >> mobile: +82-10-I-AM-ARDIE > > That's my point of misunderstanding, I thought my args to portmaster > would check the remote repos for updates & report on them, man page > seems to indicate that .... > BTW, what you suggested *did* work :-), thanks. I was/am just confused over what portmaster will/won't do as far as checking on available updates .... Thanks again. -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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