Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:00:02 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6722@twc.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Status of portupgrade and portmaster? References: <81D84A650858BA40BF6936408052E6BC0138263988@msgdb11.utad.utoledo.edu> <k20i-pniy-wny@FreeBSD.org>
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Excerpt from Jan Beich:
> Why did portupgrade skip rebuilding print/harfbuzz-icu before building
> editors/libreoffice? The dependency trees of most desktop applications
> are so complex that the build falls apart if the upgrade tools aren't
> robust enough e.g., ignore MOVED or PORTREVISION bumps.
> In short, this is a reminder portmaster/portupgrade are NOT supported.
> Users are on their own debugging such issues.
What is the current status of portupgrade and portmaster?
I haven't used portupgrade in some time, but what about portmaster?
What is one officially supposed to use to build and upgrade packages from source?
Synth, poudriere, any others?
Tom
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