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Date:      Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:57:55 -0800
From:      Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Returning with question about SELECTIVELY updating ports tree
Message-ID:  <4D363713.3090305@delphij.net>
In-Reply-To: <733587.400.qm@web110310.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References:  <733587.400.qm@web110310.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

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On 01/18/11 15:43, Mark Terribile wrote:
>> From: Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>
>> Subject: Re: Returning with question about SELECTIVELY updating ports tree
> 
>> On 01/18/11 15:00, Mark Terribile wrote:
>> [...]
>>> So: How do I upgrade my ports system selectively,
>> without wiping out everything?
>> You can actually portsnap extract a part of the ports
>> tree.  e.g.:
>>
>>     portsnap extract net/openldap24-server
>>
>> BUT, keep in mind that this might be more tricky than a
>> normal portsnap
>> update, as you may miss certain dependency.
> 
>> Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>   
> 
> Xin,
> 
> Will that work on the first extract?  If not, am I back to the original problem: wiping things out at random?

As long as you do 'portsnap extract category/portname' it will only
affect directories matching that.  E.g. 'net/openldap' would match
net/openldap*.  There is no "first extract" when you do it this way.

> Is that what I really want to achieve?  Or do I want to extract the control files (INDEX?) and then update the ports one at a time?

INDEX is not a critical file, if you really need that, you should
probably generate it manually.

> It sounds like the only sane way to use portsnap is to run portsnap when the OS is first installed, before even building the first port.

Not quite but I (personally) always do that.  'portsnap extract' is
required before 'portsnap update' but not a partial extract nor fetching
update.

Cheers,
- -- 
Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!	       Live free or die
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