is portmaster --check-port-dbdir obsolete?

Anton Shterenlikht mexas at bris.ac.uk
Mon Jul 8 14:00:52 UTC 2013


	From bdrewery at freebsd.org Mon Jul  8 14:50:23 2013

	On 7/8/2013 5:52 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
	> With ports tree at r322480, I updated
	> several ports with portmaster.
	>=20
	> "pkg check -srda" did not find any problems, but
	>=20
	>=20
	> # portmaster --check-port-dbdir
	> =3D=3D=3D>>> Building list of installed port names
	>=20
	> =3D=3D=3D>>> Checking /var/db/ports
	>         =3D=3D=3D>>> devel_apr1 does not seem to be installed
	>=20
	>         =3D=3D=3D>>> Delete /var/db/ports/devel_apr1? y/n [n]=20
	>=20
	>=20
	>         =3D=3D=3D>>> math_gmp does not seem to be installed
	>=20
	>         =3D=3D=3D>>> Delete /var/db/ports/math_gmp? y/n [n]=20
	>=20
	>=20
	>         =3D=3D=3D>>> www_serf does not seem to be installed
	>=20
	>         =3D=3D=3D>>> Delete /var/db/ports/www_serf? y/n [n]=20
	>=20
	>=20
	> #=20
	>=20
	> So is "portmaster --check-port-dbdir" an obsolete check?
	> If so, will this option be removed in future versions?
	>=20
	> Anton

	It's not obsolete. I just need to update it to recognize the new format.

	https://github.com/freebsd/portmaster/issues/25

Thanks

Anton


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