Forcing port reinstalls without rebuilding over and over again

[Anton Yuzhaninov]

On 12/12/18 3:07 AM, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> Is there a way, using portmaster, to force the rebuild of all ports without
> rebuilding the same ports over and over and over again?

If you need to reinstall all ports, there is another option:

1. Create meat-ports which lists all applications you need to be installed:
http://blog.shatow.net/posts/2013-07-21-managing-role-based-freebsd-servers-with-meta-packages-and-poudriere/

2. Delete all packages (except sudo if you rely on it).

3. Install this metaport.