portupgrade -P and local changes

[Kris Kennaway]

On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 09:22:04PM -0600, Chris wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 06:53:09PM -0800, Harlan Stenn wrote:
> >
> >>Neither -x nor HOLD_PKGS is what I want.
> >>
> >>I *want* to upgrade the software, I just do not want to FETCH prebuilt
> >>packages for any package that has a Makefile.local file in the tree, as
> >>a Makefile.local file means I want to build that package with local 
> >>changes.
> >
> >
> >That's a very specific requirement, then, and I don't think
> >portupgrade can do it. 
> >
> >Kris
> 
> A snippet from the portupgrade manpage. Note the execution model...
> Pay close attention to item 1 (-P).
> 
> I dunno - it's seems fairly clear to me that the manpage does a fine job 
> detailing just what parm does when. Again, to me at least - this thread 
> should have halted by telling the user to view the manpage.

Er..the thread started with a question from a user who *knows about -P
and uses it*, but doesn't want portupgrade to fetch packages in a
specific situation.

Kris
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