Port/package install preview

[Matthew Seaman]

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On 05/03/2010 16:14:12, Anselm Strauss wrote:
> That gives me some static information on the ports requirements. But I would
> like a preview of what rests to be done. Some ports have a lot of
> dependencies, most of them are already installed. Can ports also incorporate
> the current state of installed packages?

I think 'portmaster -n' is probably your best bet for this.

Ports certainly does take account of what has already been installed
either from ports or packages -- remember that a package is basically an
installed port: once the bits have hit the disk platter it doesn't
matter whether they came from a local compilation or were downloaded as
a package tarball.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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