Old perl-based script to manage ports

[Seán C. Farley]

Ok.  The subject line is a rip-off of Doug Barton's.  :)  When I saw his
message in the archives, I decided to announce my contribution.  There
can never be enough tools to manage ports.  :)

I started writing this tool in 2003 when Perl was still in the base.  It
is called Port Manager[1] (one of a few called this), pm.pl
specifically.  It is comparable to portupgrade with a few exceptions as
listed on the web page.  Build error recovery is a big feature.

Although it is not well documented, 'pm.pl -nva' should show what would
be done to update a system without actually doing it.  Obviously, -h
will provide you with help.  A .pmrc can be used for options specific to
ports and to hold from updating ports.  Globals for all ports go into
/etc/make.conf.  I just need to document the .pmrc file.

Seán
   1. http://www.farley.org/?page=software#pm
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sean-freebsd at farley.org