is there a way to upgrade Only ports that need it??

Tim Judd tajudd at gmail.com
Mon Apr 13 06:30:52 UTC 2009


On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> wrote:

>        is there any way t o not upgrade "all installed ports", but only
>        those that are not current?
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>        tired of having my main box grinding away for endless days....
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>        gary
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Normally the 'all' option to your preferred update utility only picks the
outdated ports.  At least that's how I expect it.  Only if you *F*orce all
installed ports is when ALL ports irrespectively update whether they need it
or not.


I'm open for corrections...


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