how to install all p5-* one shot

[Saifi Khan]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Herbert J. Skuhra <h.skuhra at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/1/26 Saifi Khan <saifi.khan at twincling.org>:
>> Hi all:
>>
>> There are many PERL packages in ports whose names are prefixed with p5-* .
>>
>> How does one install all the p5-* packages one shot ?
>>
>> Is there a way one can do it with the options available in ports
>> or does one need to write a script to locate all the dir names
>> starting with p5-* ?
>>
>> Any pointer in this direction will be appreciated.
>
> % cd /usr/ports
> % find . -name "p5\-*" | wc -l
>    3360
>
> Good idea? Then try:
>
> % sudo portmaster -i */p5\-*
>
> - Herbert

Thanks Herbert.

I'd did not know about 'portmaster' until you mentioned in your mail.
Wow, so i got cvsup, portsnap and now portmaster :)

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thanks
Saifi.