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+================================================================================
portsreinstall - ports upgrading utility for massive forced reinstallation
- Version 2.2.2, January 2, 2013
- Copyright (C) 2010-2013 Mamoru Sakaue, MwGhennndo, All Rights Reserved.
-==================================================================================
+ Version 4.1.1, October ??, 2021
+ Copyright (C) 2010-2021 Mamoru Sakaue, MwGhennndo, All Rights Reserved.
+================================================================================
- This software is a ports management tool for FreeBSD designed to be suitable for
-reinstallation of all packages after major version upgrade of the system or very
-long absence of ports upgrade.
+ This software is a ports management tool for FreeBSD designed to be suitable
+for reinstallation of all packages after major version upgrade of the system or
+very long absence of ports upgrade.
The executable command is "portsreinstall". Short and long helps are shown by
"portsreinstall -h" and "portsreinstall -H", respectively. The manual page is
-shown by "man portsreinstall". The superuser privilege is required for operations
-by this executable. Entire reinstallation of all installed packages starts by
-execution without argument or options. The process can be interupped by CTRL+C at
-any stages and restarted from there by execution without argument or options.
+shown by "man portsreinstall". The superuser privilege is required for
+operations by this executable. Entire reinstallation of all installed packages
+starts by execution without argument or options. The process can be interrupted
+by CTRL+C at any stages and restarted from there by execution without argument
+or options.
- Temporal databases are constructed under /var/tmp/portsreinstall.db/ which must
-be preserved until you complete or give up the reinstallation work. The database
-can be cleaned by executing "portsreinstall clean".
+ Temporal databases are constructed under /var/tmp/portsreinstall.db,
+/var/tmp/portsreinstall-chroot.db and /var/tmp/portsreinstall-upgrade.db which
+must be preserved until you complete or give up the reinstallation work. The
+database can be cleaned by executing "portsreinstall clean".
-The all files in this package are distributed under the 2-Clause BSD License as
+ This software consists of the following files:
+ README : This file
+ COPYRIGHT : Copyright and license terms
+ HISTORY : Detailed history of releases
+ INSTALL : Installation guide
+ Makefile : Makefile usable by make(1)
+ bin/ : Run-time executables
+ etc/ : Run-time configuration files
+ lib/ : Run-time libraries
+ libexec/ : Run-time executable libraries
+ man/ : On-line manual pages
+ share/ : Files used for other purposes
+
+ The all files in this package are distributed under the 2-Clause BSD License as
described in COPYRIGHT.
-Follow the descriptions in INSTALL for installation.
+
+ The port for this software, i.e., ports-mgmt/portsreinstall, is maintained by
+the same author. Thus installation/deinstallation of this software is available
+via the conventional functions of the ports/packages system as explained by the
+manual page of ports(7). For installation outside of the ports/packages system,
+follow the descriptions in INSTALL.
+
+ Details including the usage and history can be browsed by the on-line manual
+page. For browsing before installation,
+ nroff -man ${THIS_DIRECTORY}/man/portsreinstall.8 | less -r
+will work.
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