Change with portmaster's -a flag in v2.0?

[hideo]

Jeremy Messenger (Sat 01/26/08 12:13):
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:54:02 -0600, hideo <hideo at lastamericanempire.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Sorry, missed ports@ on the last reply.
>> 
>> Doug Barton (Sat 01/26/08 08:26):
>>> hideo wrote:
>>>> If I run portmaster with the -a switch it now attempts to rebuild all
>>>> installed ports rather than just those that need to be updated.
>>> 
>>> It doesn't do that for me. Are you sure that you didn't use the -f switch
>>> as well? Or do you perhaps have FORCE=yes in /etc/portmaster.rc or
>>> ~/.portmasterrc?
>>> 
>> 
>> No sign of FORCE (don't have either of those files) and I rarely need
>> -f.  I invoked it with -aiGd:
>> 
>> 	~># portmaster -aiGd
>> 	===>>> Gathering distinfo list for installed ports
>> 	===>>> Starting check of installed ports for available updates
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update alac-0.1.3? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update audacity-1.2.4b_2? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update bcwipe-1.6.5_1? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update bsdpan-Term-Clui-1.40? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update bsdpan-Term-Pager-1.00? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update keychain-2.6.8? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update links-2.1.p28,1? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update linuxthreads-2.2.3_23? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update lsof-4.79H? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update maildrop-2.0.4? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update nrg2iso-0.4? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update nvidia-xconfig-1.0_2? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update openssh-portable-overwrite-base-4.7.p1_1,1? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update p5-MP3-Info-1.23? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	===>>> Update p5-POE-0.9999? [y] n
>> 	
>> 	etc.
>> 
>> If I remove -G it seems to "do the right thing."  Perhaps it's the
>> behavior of -G that's changed?
> 
> Strange, I have NO_RECURSIVE_CONFIG=yes (-G) in my /etc/portmaster.rc and I 
> can't reproduce it.
> 
> % cat /etc/portmaster.rc
> DONT_SCRUB_DISTFILES=yes
> NO_RECURSIVE_CONFIG=yes
> NO_BACKUP=yes
> 
> I have ran 'portmaster -a' recently and it went well. I have lsof installed 
> too in here. Maybe it's -G combine with one of option that made different 
> result? Or maybe just -i?
> 
>      -i  interactive update mode -- ask whether to rebuild ports

I think you're right. -aG and -ai work as expected. Using -i and -G 
together produces the behavior. 

Zach