On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:17 +0000 (UTC), jb wrote: > Polytropon <freebsd <at> edvax.de> writes: > > > > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:35:43 +0000 (UTC), jb wrote: > > > Hi, > > > what is the diff between > > > --index > > > and > > > --index-only > > ... > > --index > > use INDEX-[7-9] exclusively to check if a port is up to date > > ... > > --index-only > > do not try to use /usr/ports. For updating ports when no > > /usr/ports > > directory is present the -PP|--packages-only option is required. > > See > > the ENVIRONMENT section below for additional requirements. > > > > This means --index-only is to be used when using portmaster for > > binary installs without an installed ports collection. > > > > Well, yes, BUT they seem to be redundant (that's why I asked). > > # portmaster -L --index-only | egrep '(ew|ort) version|total install' > ===>>> New version available: smartmontools-5.43_1 > ===>>> 618 total installed ports > ===>>> 1 has a new version available > > # portmaster -L --index | egrep '(ew|ort) version|total install' > ===>>> New version available: smartmontools-5.43_1 > ===>>> 618 total installed ports > ===>>> 1 has a new version available > #
Did you test this with or _without_ an actually installed ports collection? If you don't have one installed, --index probably won't work. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
