Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:36:44 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, awarecons <awarecons@gmail.com>, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports-mgmt/portmaster SUGGEST Message-ID: <CAN6yY1uMpHBB5SAhhy0k_oL_OSmd_qm7CwpH0-SqSQYm7ytBdg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302141249360.71109@wonkity.com> References: <CACGq7x0Vs-fdG=0xw7b-ehjeaO_J8u4p6vg3pFXboUFSfRQjcw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302141249360.71109@wonkity.com>
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On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, awarecons wrote: > >> Firstly, thank you for such nice and handy tool. >> >> Secondly, would suggest you few handy options of portmaster: >> >> - if port fails give it a second try with question 'Retry?'. A user >> may change some influencing options, for e.g. compiler from gcc 4.2 to >> 4.6 or clang, before proceeding new try; >> >> - if port fails give the whole process second try suggesting restart >> from the ascend port 'Retry from the ascend port and reconfigure it?', >> so the user has opportunity to disable failing sibling. >> >> Such options are quite handy for large bunches like x11/gnome2|kde4, >> when one has 300-500 ports to build and wouldn't oblige to restart the >> whole process each time within failure appears. > > > When portmaster fails out, it shows a list of the remaining ports to build. > Dependencies that have already been installed will not be rebuilt if you use > that list. And don't forget the very handy '-R' option. Only works with -r or -f, bu tit will greatly simplify these operations when a build errors out. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com
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