From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 22 17:15:04 2007 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 8937216A479 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:15:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mkhitrov@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1D1413C467 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:15:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mkhitrov@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so1759002pyb.3 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:15:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=DhjgkXf20Syrfi1m8MaeruiKymVPtn5meyZCVd38M8w=; b=B9W3yoNOteC6f22MDuv/MZ+hrarW0mRSH89m4aICxXDKXVJHBRt7cbODyeAZzrdy1ssmnKbIdoleDLp/EOdrRmiSQc5TvtA9vdR+OPlUosxKyw4AZYsBzKwZYOivzB2AHpulMul2ms19s5nAS1e313t8qkOTuMRBJN+P/gi6Z+o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=JTz/7H77H4SIqnez18IHE51/cbCNOUUTICZ9y95anFKzR7t9nKaLGOWqjM6rhk+0PCil5p9SLUG8RvcUsJu0jZDHj8rdJjO/wwJv6z70YVmqkOx5u90zVx76uqOgnvKMkYhWxyZa2qczzhyBDaadcZO7ofdMo3OMumkg9su2eec= Received: by 10.143.174.4 with SMTP id b4mr1104086wfp.239.1198342050048; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:47:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.242.11 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:47:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <26ddd1750712220847s216611di39ba01ceb9e8acdf@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:47:29 -0500 From: "Maxim Khitrov" To: Robe In-Reply-To: <221c791e0712220839v67a02e78q7cd5519f9b05a210@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <221c791e0712220839v67a02e78q7cd5519f9b05a210@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating ports 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: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:15:04 -0000 On Dec 22, 2007 11:39 AM, Robe wrote: > Hi, > > I want to update some ports. I'm using FreeBSD 6.2. > > I was reading in the handbook and there are two ways to update them through > the portupdate and portmanager. > > What's the difference between them? > > -- > Robe. Each one offers some unique features, read the man pages to see if you need specific functionality that isn't present in one of them (I doubt it). Mostly it comes down to your preference. I personally recommend portmaster because it's a shell script and requires no additional software to be installed. To update everything on your system just run 'portmaster -ad'. The -a flag automatically updates all out-of-date ports, -d removes old distfiles without asking. - Max