This script uses the existing ports infrastructure to track dependencies, and keep them up to date. It is written in /bin/sh so it has no dependencies.
Portmaster has the following features:
- Runs make config recursively through all ports before starting build
- Downloads distfiles in the background
- Recursively checks and upgrades (or installs) all dependencies
- User can force upgrades of all dependent ports
- Offers the user the opportunity to delete stale distfiles
- Supports ports/MOVED and non-default settings of PORTSDIR and PKG_DBDIR
- Interactive update mode (prompts for each update)
- Option to rebuild port, and ports that depend on it
- Options to make packages out of installed, and new ports
- Option to clean out stale port dependencies
- Options to list installed ports by category, and those with new versions
- Packages can be used for installation either exclusively, if available, or only for build dependencies
WWW: http://portmaster.github.com
IRC: #portmaster @ Freenode