WANTED-PORTS(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation WANTED-PORTS(1)NAMEwanted-ports-- depend on the ports that you want installed
SYNOPSISwanted-ports [-n] [-f config] [-a|-d portname]]
DESCRIPTIONwanted-ports is a small port that simply has a user modifiable list of
run-time dependencies. The idea is that by marking a port as wanted,
it adds a double check helping to prevent accidental deletion of the
ports you really want to have installed. pkg_delete(1) will refuse to
delete a port when that port is a dependency required by some other
installed port, unless you give the -f option to force the action.
wanted-ports can also be used as a means to automate installing the
required software load on a server.
Using wanted-ports
The first time you run the wanted-ports script, it will generate a
skeleton configuration file. Run wanted-ports to modify the list of
ports that you want to have marked. This will automatically increment
the "PORTREVISION" of wanted-ports, marking the ports-mgmt/wanted-ports
port to be updated, eg. the next time that portmaster(8) or
portupgrade(1) is run.
Updating or reinstalling the port will cause the ports system to force
all of the marked ports to be installed, using the standard dependency
resolution mechanisms of the ports.
OPTIONS-n Dry-run. Causes wanted-ports not to update the configuration
file, but instead to display what the final result would have
been.
-f config
Read and modify an alternate configuration file. config should
be the full path to the alternate file. Note: when updating
the ports-management/wanted-ports port, set "CFGFILE" or
"WANTEDPORTSCFG" in the make(1) environment to achieve the same
effect.
-a portname
Add dependencies. Find all matching package names or port
paths from the INDEX file, and prompt the user whether to add
any that are not already listed as dependencies in the
configuration file.
-d portname
Delete dependencies. Find all matching package names or port
paths from the INDEX file, and prompt the user whether to
delete any that are currently listed as dependencies in the
configuration file.
The add -a and delete -d options are processed in the order given on
the command line, so a later option can override an earlier one. The
portname argument will match any substring of the port or package name:
care should be taken that you don't accidentally match unintended
items. You can anchor searches to start or end of item using "^" or
"$".
FILES
/var/db/wanted-ports.conf
The default configuration file used by wanted-ports.
This is a makefile snippet, that will be included by
ports-mgmt/wanted-ports/Makefile. A skeleton version
will be created by wanted-ports if it doesn't exist.
The wanted-ports script exists to add or remove
"RUN_DEPENDS" entries and update the "PORTREVISION"
setting.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the operation of wanted-
ports. "PORTSDIR", "INDEXFILE" and "WANTEDPORTSCFG" override the
system default settings: normally they will not need to be set. "USER"
and "LOGNAME" are standard settings, from login(1).
"PORTSDIR" As in ports(7), the location where the ports tree is
installed. Default /usr/ports
"INDEXFILE" As in ports(7), overrides the automatic logic to
determine the name of the index file. Default INDEX-N
where N is the OS major version number.
"USER"
"LOGNAME" The name of the user running the script. If neither
are set, uses "an unknown user".
"WANTEDPORTSCFG"
Override the default location of the configuration
file. Using the -f config command line option
superceeds this setting. Default /var/db/wanted-
ports.conf
SEE ALSOports(7), pkg_delete(1), pkg_cutleaves(1), portmaster(8),
portupgrade(1)perl v5.10.1 2010-06-12 WANTED-PORTS(1)
