Ports Update without getting prompted for option selection

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clawder

Hi FreeBSD Forums,

Can somebody please let me know what combination of switches I need to use for either portupgrade or portmaster so that I can update all the needed packages without a blue backgrounded window appearing asking me to select/deselect options for each package.

I have been trying the following (and variations as found on the internet):

portmaster -aydbg --no-confirm
portupgrade -ay

I understood from what I have found that these should automatically confirm package install but they don't seem to automatically accept default options.

I want to be able to start the update of what is now 50 upgrades without having to select

< OK >

in the screen that appears for every package.

Please let me know if I should be going about this in another way.

Thanks!

Chris
 
Add -G to your portmaster command line. But if you're going to simply accept default options just use binary packages.
 
tobik said:
But if you're going to simply accept default options just use binary packages.
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I did that and got in trouble. I use ports and portmaster exclusively now. I add -G to my portmaster options and let it run. For port installs I use make config-recursive to review my settings and configure them in the one shot first, then run the make install clean[CMD][/CMD].
 
I usually just use portmaster -aD. The options dialog doesn't present itself if options were previously selected, unless there are new options for the port.
 
Don't use both portmaster and portupgrade. Use one or the other.
 
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