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Date:      Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:27:35 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Chris <racerx@makeworld.com>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: portupgrade -P and local changes
Message-ID:  <20041227032735.GB4830@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <41CF7FDC.4000302@makeworld.com>
References:  <20041227005634.GA57788@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041227025309.2398C54829@minnie.everett.org> <20041227030927.GA99115@xor.obsecurity.org> <41CF7FDC.4000302@makeworld.com>

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On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 09:22:04PM -0600, Chris wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 06:53:09PM -0800, Harlan Stenn wrote:
> >
> >>Neither -x nor HOLD_PKGS is what I want.
> >>
> >>I *want* to upgrade the software, I just do not want to FETCH prebuilt
> >>packages for any package that has a Makefile.local file in the tree, as
> >>a Makefile.local file means I want to build that package with local=20
> >>changes.
> >
> >
> >That's a very specific requirement, then, and I don't think
> >portupgrade can do it.=20
> >
> >Kris
>=20
> A snippet from the portupgrade manpage. Note the execution model...
> Pay close attention to item 1 (-P).
>=20
> I dunno - it's seems fairly clear to me that the manpage does a fine job=
=20
> detailing just what parm does when. Again, to me at least - this thread=
=20
> should have halted by telling the user to view the manpage.

Er..the thread started with a question from a user who *knows about -P
and uses it*, but doesn't want portupgrade to fetch packages in a
specific situation.

Kris

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