Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 11:49:00 -0700 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Forcing port reinstalls without rebuilding over and over again Message-ID: <150a91f0-f27b-9fab-157f-dccdebd33e21@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <47758EF2A172AE3BCA2F6E66@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <47758EF2A172AE3BCA2F6E66@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>
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On 12/12/18 1:07 AM, Paul Schmehl wrote: > Is there a way, using portmaster, to force the rebuild of all ports > without rebuilding the same ports over and over and over again? > > I've noticed that using portmaster -f forces the rebuild of every > dependency. I think I've now rebuild perl and python at least 20 or > 30 times. Once should be enough. I guess if you're going to rebuild > everything, it would be ok to ignore dependencies for ports, since > they're all going to be rebuilt anyway. > > What's the magic potion for that? If I understand the question, use the -R option. I typically rebuild ports using: portmaster --no-term-title -R categoryA/portA categoryB/portB I have not tried using -af, but I'm guessing the effect would be what you want. Gary
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