[MacPorts] UsingMacPortsQuickStart modified

William Davis frstan at bellsouth.net
Mon Dec 1 14:46:13 PST 2008


On Dec 1, 2008, at 12:39 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Nov 30, 2008, at 15:17, MacPorts wrote:
>
>> `sudo port upgrade outdated`
>>
>> -(you can add the `-v` flag following "port" in the above command  
>> if you'd like to watch the compiler output).
>> +To upgrade all outdated ports and their dependencies:
>> +
>> +`sudo port upgrade -R outdated`
>> +
>> +(You can add the "`-v`" flag following "`port`" in the above  
>> commands if you'd like to watch the compiler output.)
>
> Do we really want to advise users, in the quick-start guide, to use  
> the -R option, which, according to multiple reports, doesn't work so  
> great?
>

It has been alleged that the -R option works as it should in version  
1.7  .......

William Davis
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