https://github.com/smortex/portshaker

Maintain a set of FreeBSD ports trees.
https://github.com/smortex/portshaker

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Maintain a set of FreeBSD ports trees.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/smortex/portshaker
• Owner: smortex
• License: other
• Created: 2014-01-17T18:29:43.000Z (over 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-06-18T18:14:49.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-19T22:29:01.178Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: freebsd, freebsd-ports, hacktoberfest, overlay
• Language: Shell
• Homepage:
• Size: 346 KB
• Stars: 25
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 16
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING
  • Authors: authors.xml

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# portshaker

## Description

The `portshaker` utility maintains a set of *target* ports trees containing

ports provided by *source* ports trees.

A single *target* ports tree can contain ports from any number of *source*

ports trees. If a port is provided by more than one *source* ports tree,

`portshaker` will merge the latest version of this port in the *target* ports

tree.

As `portshaker` can maintain any number of *target* ports tree, it is

particularly handy if you want to use customized ports trees with tinderbox /

poudriere.

## Using portshaker

For install instructions, please refer to the INSTALL file.  After installing,

you will have to configure `portshaker(8)` since it is a toolkit and does nothing

out of the box.  Configuration instructions are provided in the distribution

man pages: `portshaker(8)`, `portshaker.conf(5)` and `portshaker.d(5)`.

IN ORDER TO PRODUCE REPRODUCTIBLE RESULTS, THE `PORTSHAKER(8)` PROGRAM'S FIRST

ACTION WHEN MERGING PORTS IS TO RESET THE DESTINATION PORTS TREE.  AS A

CONSEQUENCE, IF YOU HAVE LOCAL EDITS IN YOUR TARGET PORTS TREE, THEY WILL BE

LOST (AND SO DO ANY OTHER FILE IN THE DIRECTORY, E.G. VCS CONTROL FILES).

Portions of sources of this tools code have been stolen from the following

files from a FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE box:

  - /etc/rc.subr

  - /usr/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5.gz