Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:25:51 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Panagiotis Astithas <past@ebs.gr> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: New /bin/sh based script to manage ports Message-ID: <43E9024F.3040703@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <43E86940.7070302@ebs.gr> References: <43D610B6.5080008@FreeBSD.org> <43DE40FE.6000507@ebs.gr> <43DE6C65.9040306@FreeBSD.org> <43DE7652.9050807@ebs.gr> <43DF346B.407@FreeBSD.org> <43DF40BC.4060600@ebs.gr> <43E2B3A6.9060508@FreeBSD.org> <43E2B530.4050500@FreeBSD.org> <20060203065504.GA3857@weller-fahy.com> <43E31808.6070205@FreeBSD.org> <20060203111911.GA22446@hal.ebs.gr> <43E84A10.2050201@FreeBSD.org> <43E86940.7070302@ebs.gr>
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Panagiotis Astithas wrote:
> I was referring to questions like, 'update port X? [n]'
You should only get that message once, if you use a glob pattern with -r,
such as 'portmaster -r gnutls'.
> and 'delete foo.tgz? [n]'.
That shouldn't happen if you use the -d or -D flags. If it is happening,
it's a bug, and I'd appreciate you letting me know how you got there.
> I figured, since I asked for a '-rd' update, this was
> redundant. It is not very annoying, unless you have a few hundred ports
> to update. Although, given your advice above, I will be doing it less
> often. I should also confess that I'm contemplating a completely
> non-interactive invocation of portmaster from sysutils/bpm or similar,
> where such prompts would be prohibitive.
Well, that'd be fine, let me know when you've thought that out more, and
I'll be glad to work with you on it.
Doug
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