diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 81b43f2..25721a4 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Installing prt-get
 ------------------
 Installing prt-get is just a matter of
-./configure 
-make 
-make install
+meson setup bld --prefix=/usr
+ninja -C bld 
+ninja -C bld install
diff --git a/src/argparser.cpp b/src/argparser.cpp
index 79ec5df..7c5989e 100644
--- a/src/argparser.cpp
+++ b/src/argparser.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ const string& ArgParser::alternateConfigFile() const
 */
 bool ArgParser::parse()
 {
-    const int commandCount = 34;
+    const int commandCount = 35;
     string commands[commandCount] = { "list", "search", "dsearch",
                                       "info", "version", "cache",
                                       "depends", "install", "depinst",
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ bool ArgParser::parse()
                                       "fsearch", "lock", "unlock",
                                       "listlocked", "cat", "ls", "edit",
                                       "remove", "deptree", "dumpconfig",
-                                      "listorphans" };
+                                      "listorphans", "sync" };
 
     Type commandID[commandCount] = { LIST, SEARCH, DSEARCH, INFO,
 	    			     SHOW_VERSION, CREATE_CACHE,
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ bool ArgParser::parse()
                                      DEPENDENT, SYSUP, CURRENT,
                                      FSEARCH, LOCK, UNLOCK, LISTLOCKED,
                                      CAT, LS, EDIT, REMOVE, DEPTREE,
-                                     DUMPCONFIG, LISTORPHANS };
+                                     DUMPCONFIG, LISTORPHANS, SYNC };
     if ( m_argc < 2 ) {
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/argparser.h b/src/argparser.h
index 44bfe4a..7adfa1f 100644
--- a/src/argparser.h
+++ b/src/argparser.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public:
                 LISTINST, PRINTF, README, DEPENDENT, SYSUP,
                 CURRENT, FSEARCH, LOCK, UNLOCK, LISTLOCKED,
                 CAT, LS, EDIT, REMOVE,
-                DEPTREE, DUMPCONFIG, LISTORPHANS };
+                DEPTREE, DUMPCONFIG, LISTORPHANS, SYNC };
 
     bool isCommandGiven() const;
     bool isTest() const;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c1af3f1..e430201 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
         case ArgParser::LISTORPHANS:
             prtGet.listOrphans();
             break;
+	case ArgParser::SYNC:
+            prtGet.syncPorts();
+            break;
         default:
             cerr << "unknown command" << endl;
             break;
diff --git a/src/prtget.cpp b/src/prtget.cpp
index a11a639..59c6931 100644
--- a/src/prtget.cpp
+++ b/src/prtget.cpp
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ PrtGet::PrtGet( const ArgParser* parser )
     m_pkgDB = new PkgDB(m_parser->installRoot());
     readConfig();
 
-    m_useRegex = m_config->useRegex() || m_parser->useRegex();
-    m_followSoftdeps = m_config->followSoftdeps() || m_parser->followSoftdeps();
+    m_useRegex = ( m_config->useRegex() || m_parser->useRegex() );
+    m_followSoftdeps = ( m_config->followSoftdeps() || m_parser->followSoftdeps() );
 }
 
 /*! destruct PrtGet object */
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ void PrtGet::printf()
     assertExactArgCount(1);
 
     initRepo();
-    string filter = m_parser->useRegex() ? "." : "*";
+    string filter = m_useRegex ? ".*" : "*";
     if ( m_parser->hasFilter() ) {
         filter = m_parser->filter();
     }
@@ -2294,3 +2294,81 @@ void PrtGet::dumpConfig()
         cout << endl;
     }
 }
+
+void PrtGet::syncPorts()
+{
+    const string sup_path = m_parser->installRoot() + "/etc/ports";
+    const string driver_path = sup_path + "/drivers";
+    DIR* d = opendir(driver_path.c_str());
+    if (d == NULL) {
+        cerr << "Ports drivers directory " << driver_path.c_str()
+             << " not found. Aborting sync." << endl;
+        m_returnValue = PG_GENERAL_ERROR;
+        return;
+    }
+    struct dirent* de;
+    struct stat buf;
+    list<string> drivers;
+    while ( (de = readdir(d)) ) {
+        string drvName = de->d_name;
+        if (drvName != "." && drvName != ".." && stat((driver_path + "/" + drvName).c_str(), &buf) == 0
+            && buf.st_mode & S_IXUSR ) {
+            drivers.push_back(drvName);
+        }
+    }
+    closedir(d);
+
+    if (drivers.size() == 0) {
+        cerr << "No valid ports drivers. Aborting sync." << endl;
+        m_returnValue = PG_GENERAL_ERROR;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (m_parser->otherArgs().size()) { // sync selected repositories, with
+        drivers.sort();                 // multi-stage processing done predictably
+        bool repo_active;
+        list<char*>::const_iterator itc = m_parser->otherArgs().begin();
+        list<string>::const_iterator itd;
+        for (; itc != m_parser->otherArgs().end(); ++itc) {
+          repo_active = false;
+          for (itd = drivers.begin(); itd != drivers.end(); ++itd) {
+            if (stat((sup_path + "/" + *itc + "." + *itd).c_str(),&buf) == 0) {
+                repo_active = true;
+                Process syncProc( driver_path + "/" + *itd, 
+                        sup_path + "/" + *itc + "." + *itd, -1 );
+                if (syncProc.execute()) {
+                    m_returnValue = PG_GENERAL_ERROR;
+                }
+            }
+            if (! repo_active) {
+              cerr << *itc << ": not a valid port collection" << endl;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+    } else { // sync all active repositories
+	list<string> activeRepos;
+	size_t pos;
+        d = opendir(sup_path.c_str());
+        while ( (de = readdir(d)) ) {
+          string rName = de->d_name;
+          pos = rName.find_last_of(".");
+          if ( pos != string::npos && find(drivers.begin(), drivers.end(),
+                                    rName.substr(pos+1)) != drivers.end() ) {
+		  activeRepos.push_back(rName);
+          }
+        }
+        closedir(d);
+
+	activeRepos.sort();
+        list<string>::const_iterator ite = activeRepos.begin();
+        for ( ; ite != activeRepos.end(); ++ite) {
+             pos = (*ite).find_last_of(".");
+             Process syncProc( driver_path + "/" + (*ite).substr(pos+1),
+                                  sup_path + "/" + *ite, -1 );
+             if (syncProc.execute()) {
+                m_returnValue = PG_GENERAL_ERROR;
+             }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/prtget.h b/src/prtget.h
index 9356a4b..b04e6d0 100644
--- a/src/prtget.h
+++ b/src/prtget.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public:
     void printDiff();
     void printQuickDiff();
     void listOrphans();
+    void syncPorts();
 
     void createCache();