Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:04:16 +0800 From: Aiza <aiza21@comclark.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Finding port dependants Message-ID: <4BBA8890.9060706@comclark.com>
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The ports make file tree is so very large now a days (21491 ports). Doing portsnap to download the complete ports system just to install 3 ports is massive over kill. I have been doing package installs because the resources consumed in disk space (inodes used) and no compile time is such a time saver. But there are times when ports have no package or the package is not up to date. What I am looking for is a method to find the dependents and their dependents of the selected port. Then search the package system to determine which have no packages. Install all the packages and cvs only the make files for the ports lacking packages. I have script to fetch only the make files for the selected port. So question is, does the ports index which I can download by it's self using portsnap contain the info to find all the dependents of a port? Is there some software I can use to do this?
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