portupgrade -P and local changes

[Chris]

Chris wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
>> 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
> 
> 
> Again, from the manpage ...
> 
> "    -x GLOB
>      --exclude GLOB         
>Exclude packages matching the specified glob
>pattern.  Exclusion is performed after 
>recursing dependency in response to -r
>and/or -R, which means, for example, the
>following command will upgrade all the
>packages depending on XFree86 but leave
>XFree86 as it is:
>                 portupgrade -rx XFree86 XFree86"
> 
> 

Well now - that didn't format like I expected. Sorry about that. 
Nonetheless, I think the manpage reflects the point.

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Chris

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