[ HEADS UP ] Ports unstable for the next 10 days

Doug Barton dougb at FreeBSD.org
Mon Mar 29 19:09:59 UTC 2010


On 03/29/10 02:27, Aristedes Maniatis wrote:
> On 29/03/10 7:04 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
>>>>   portmaster -r graphics/png
>> That won't work, the man page clearly says that it has to be a port
>> directory or glob pattern from /var/db/pkg. The "glob pattern" bit of
>> that was (unfortunately) broken up till version 2.20, which I just
>> committed.
> 
> I'm confused. The manual actually says:
> 
>  [-R] -r name/glob of port in /var/db/pkg
> 
> 
> When I try your suggestion I get this:
> 
> # portmaster -r png-
> 
> ===>>> No valid installed port, or port directory given
> ===>>> Try portmaster --help

Are you using portmaster version 2.20?



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