From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 20 08:49:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64A9D16A41B for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:49:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from giorgio_v@mac.com) Received: from smtpoutm.mac.com (smtpoutm.mac.com [17.148.16.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DC6413C44B for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:49:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from giorgio_v@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (asmtp008-s [10.150.69.71]) by smtpoutm.mac.com (Xserve/smtpout015/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id m0K8nXEo014523 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:49:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from alichino.refactor.it (88-149-177-167.static.ngi.it [88.149.177.167]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/asmtp008/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id m0K8nT72011674 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:49:31 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <16143691-5D0B-4248-84BE-37FBDE40FEA5@mac.com> From: Giorgio Valoti To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20080120002209.04e18225@gumby.homeunix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:49:29 +0100 References: <70F64C4A-51CB-4301-B7C5-200FD8D5BC41@mac.com> <20080120002209.04e18225@gumby.homeunix.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Subject: Re: portupgrade: the -P options rarely works X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:49:33 -0000 On 20/gen/08, at 01:22, RW wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:35:42 +0100 > Giorgio Valoti wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I=92ve noticed that using the -P option with portupgrade, which = should >> try to fetch the binary version of a package rarely works. Most of >> the times it tries to fetch the package from the freebsd site, it >> fails and then proceed to build it from the sources. >> While I can expect from to time that a pre-compiled version of a >> package to be unavailable, it surprises me to see this so many times. > > Are you aware that you need to pick-up stable packages, rather than > release packages, for portupgrade -P to work properly? Well, no. What is the way to distinguish between stable and release? -- Giorgio Valoti