"`port -pf upgrade outdated` is incredibly unsafe" ??

Kurt Pfeifle kurt.pfeifle at googlemail.com
Thu May 28 10:34:14 PDT 2015


On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Jeremy Lavergne <jeremy at lavergne.gotdns.org
> wrote:

> End users probably don't read the man pages to even know these flags
> exist.


That's what I already hinted at in my last mail.


> We're left wondering how and why you're even using them.
>
>      -p       Despite any errors encountered, proceed to process multiple
> ports and com-
>               mands.
>
>      -f       force mode (ignore state file)
>
> Do you run force mode on all your system commands


Nope, I don't.


> and never check the result before the next one?


I gave up to do this for MacPorts upgrades, because it is so time consuming.

I do however always check *afterwards* what problems did occur.


> That's an analogy here.
>

That sentence I do not understand.


> For what purpose are you using these flags?
>

I outlined that already in my last mail.   :-)
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