From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 27 16:36:01 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96F8FE9F for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:36:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ea0-f182.google.com (mail-ea0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 273998FC12 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:36:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ea0-f182.google.com with SMTP id c10so1502955eaa.13 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:35:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=AsXSqN8Mw19jjivZx/gYTYZcDhCmFHNGBWfuJHGV1wM=; b=qsRbarmCualrCB+MhI4vpF6ubBhaw3CcADHjELZdJ5/cr66Fu6BywM2EEilBRMkQP7 K+IHzlqxhZpS10j3ocTze36SGkyLAb/i+pNo587BhmEaUNd5HUPWqn8UAE1OyxiKcKLu qIfXZhIw6gSDmdR6L9XnTsce9rIz99Q+JuakYwC6/9XphSfuUEt6vv/2ke2GbPHFHLrE eUEn7fmPfigx6zogFk3WJbmNM3mASDk2oblPBLEvz09KWdfi9vqEUpX4VQEmWCA39ZIz wDKywH+TpfQWRmVU9IfPTPMO28+GUL6exBN7wq8zChUk2jUOlLQaMLPlGhmTcirydUYh 8lMA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.203.65 with SMTP id e41mr44042119eeo.34.1351355759107; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:35:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.66.194 with HTTP; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:35:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20121027142747.GF1040@weller-fahy.com> References: <3B.07.23131.F354B805@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> <20121027022653.GA1040@weller-fahy.com> <20121027142747.GF1040@weller-fahy.com> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:35:59 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How to run massive portmaster update without repeated interruptions? From: Kevin Oberman To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:36:01 -0000 On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 7:27 AM, David J. Weller-Fahy wrote: > * Kevin Oberman [2012-10-27 01:44 -0400]: >> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 7:26 PM, David J. Weller-Fahy wrote: >> > ALWAYS_SCRUB_DISTFILES=dopt >> >> I'm on the DONT_SCRUB_DISTFILES=Dopt side as the wrong files will get >> deleted on occasion. I suggest running 'portmaster --clean-disfiles'. >> It is much better at picking out the files you want to delete. > > Hrm... I can't say that I've noticed. I set that and have ignored it > since. I assume one would notice by having distfiles downloaded again > the next time you needed to build the software, right? > > -- > dave [ please don't CC me ] In general, that is right. And most distfiles are not so big as to make downloading again a real problem, assuming a good broadband network link. But that is not always the case. More important to me is that distfiles will occasionally be pulled and become unfetchable. If you need to re-build to link to a newer shareable or because of a major OS version update or whatever, you are stuck. Still, I'll admit that it is not generally a problem, but I have been bitten and "once bitten, twice shy'. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com