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Subject: Re: Standard way of updating 6.x ?
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On Tuesday 31 January 2006 17:45, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Jan 31, 2006, at 8:31 AM, Xn Nooby wrote:

> portupgrade: Use for updating your actual ports programs.
>
> 	There may be a more elegant solution though and I would be more than
> happy to hear it too :).
> -Garrett

I find that portmanager generally does a better job at keeping ports up to 
date without manual intervention. A notable example being its ability to 
upgrade Gnome without the help of a script.