portmaster: upgrade using local packages?

[Terry Sposato]

Doug Barton wrote:
> Angelo Turetta wrote:
>> I'm evaluating portmaster: I cannot find an option to use pre-built 
>> packages for upgrading.
> 
> At this time there is no such option, and I haven't been able to carve 
> out the time to work on it. I noted in your message that you've already 
> discovered the -g option. For your particular situation it would 
> certainly be conceivable to hack up a quick and dirty script of some 
> sort to force updates on the "client" machines for which you have new 
> packages, but it's certainly not an ideal solution.
> 
> I am interested in adding this feature, so if someone is interested in 
> sponsoring the work ....  :)
> 
> 
> Doug
> 

Hi Doug,

I have only contributed a couple of ports to FreeBSD so far and would 
like to help in any way I can. What exactly would the sponsor need to 
provide for you to work on something like this?

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Terry Sposato
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http://www.sucked-in.com

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