portmaster [was: New /bin/sh based script to manage ports]

[Ion-Mihai Tetcu]

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:35:14 +0100
hans at lambermont.dyndns.org (Hans Lambermont) wrote:

> Doug Barton wrote:
> 
> > I've been working on a new script to manage ports. I've put up a web
> > page about it at http://people.freebsd.org/~dougb/portmaster.html
> ...
> > Comments welcome,
> 
> You asked for it ;-)
> 
> - Read in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf, use HOLD_PKGS, ALT_PKGDEP,
>   MAKE_ARGS, BEFOREDEINSTALL, AFTERINSTALL
>   This makes is far easier for users to switch from portupgrade to
>   portmaster.

What I would like more to see for MAKE_ARGS is translation from
pkg_tools.conf to make.conf syntax (since make.conf applies
irrespective of the tool one uses).

> - New option to 'make config' on all target ports before starting the
>   first build.
>   This should make it possible to have large uninterrupted builds.

Yes, please !

And a fetch (recursive) distfiles/packages and ability to use only
packages.


Thanks,

-- 
IOnut
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