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Portmaster
Jul 20, 2023
Manage your ports without external databases or languages
This script uses the existing ports infrastructure to track dependencies, and keep them up to date. It is written in /bin/sh so it has no dependencies.
Portmaster has the following features
- Updates and repairs as needed entries for dependencies in both +CONTENTS and +REQUIRED_BY files for both the port that is being updated, and any ports that depend on it
- Runs make config recursively through all ports before starting build
- Downloads distfiles in the background
- Recursively checks and upgrades or installs all dependencies
- User can force upgrades of all dependent ports
- Offers the user the opportunity to delete stale distfiles
- Supports ports/MOVED and non-default settings of PORTSDIR and PKG_DBDIR
- Interactive update mode prompts for each update
- Option to rebuild port, and ports that depend on it
- Options to make packages out of installed, and new ports
- Option to clean out stale port dependencies
- Options to list installed ports by category, and those with new versions
- Packages can be used for installation either exclusively, if available, or only for build dependencies
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