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Date:      Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:47:53 -0500
From:      Anton Yuzhaninov <citrin+bsd@citrin.ru>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Forcing port reinstalls without rebuilding over and over again
Message-ID:  <f876c2eb-62a4-b818-ae7e-4fde62568d4f@citrin.ru>
In-Reply-To: <47758EF2A172AE3BCA2F6E66@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>
References:  <47758EF2A172AE3BCA2F6E66@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>

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On 12/12/18 3:07 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?

If you need to reinstall all ports, there is another option:

1. Create meat-ports which lists all applications you need to be installed:
http://blog.shatow.net/posts/2013-07-21-managing-role-based-freebsd-servers-with-meta-packages-and-poudriere/

2. Delete all packages (except sudo if you rely on it).

3. Install this metaport.



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