Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:33:32 -0500 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Portmanager Status Report Gone Message-ID: <20120115103332.09d5f2ca@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <40F552CF734E955EB7878763@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> References: <40F552CF734E955EB7878763@mac-pro.magehandbook.com>
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On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:09:06 -0500 Daniel Staal articulated: > I was trying out portmaster to see if it worked better than my > current tool of choice for keeping my ports up to date (portmanager) > and when I went back to portmanager I can no longer get it to give me > a 'Port Status Report', or to update anything. It just collects the > installed port data, and stops. > > Any ideas on what I may have messed up? I'd like to upgrade my ports > to the latest versions before upgrading to 9.0 (and I'd want > portmanager working afterwards to help me fix any port-related > problems that come up.) I'm on 8.2. Exactly how are you invoking "portmanager"? Usually, just give it it the "-s" flag will get you a list of port and there status as you probably know. If you just want to update everything before updating FreeBSD itself, I would suggest running it as: "portmanager -u -l -p -y" Obviously, update your ports tree prior to running that command. At the very least, you will end up with a log file telling you what failed to update properly. I use portmanager myself because it "just works" when other port management tools fail. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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