From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 26 00:33:50 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1864106566B for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:33:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from royce.williams@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2AB68FC08 for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:33:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iaeo4 with SMTP id o4so6092017iae.13 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:33:50 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of royce.williams@gmail.com designates 10.50.160.131 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.50.160.131; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of royce.williams@gmail.com designates 10.50.160.131 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=royce.williams@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=royce.williams@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.50.160.131]) by 10.50.160.131 with SMTP id xk3mr10755758igb.19.1330216430336 (num_hops = 1); Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:33:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=exNnlZF61u1YMqLy9AoWlgLw0M1lxLDQG7eVBF3ku7c=; b=s1Sd+hb9amBFy/0CscC857wDqQiOoLuKpXMjAWdvHQfQp9MCR/aNDrqw0GatyG7hDL VAh5yQTihMdMLgBmyFYIquWK7qfLz9QSbEub1ts2dRNQiPcXT3W+tUntMPanc6xC5y2E 8i6mS6QRiW2AyRCUTrY+kXcZG439qe5JEuvFU= Received: by 10.50.160.131 with SMTP id xk3mr8666449igb.19.1330216430197; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:33:50 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.172.3 with HTTP; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:33:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F495B6E.1090604@FreeBSD.org> References: <4F49354C.1050803@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4F495B6E.1090604@FreeBSD.org> From: Royce Williams Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:33:30 -0900 Message-ID: To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: portupgrade -> portmaster Rosetta Stone? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:33:51 -0000 On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Doug Barton wrote: >> It's not too hard to switch. =A0Read the portmaster(8) man page > > Yes please. :) =A0And that's, "read," not skim or search. I put a lot of > work into explaining the what/why/how, which will help you understand > the tool and how to get things done with it. You might not understand > everything the first time through, but at least give it a read. I appreciate everyone's answers, and will try to take them to heart. I have started to read the man page, but honestly, even the 132-line output of 'portmaster --help' is a little daunting. I really did mean that I was looking for a Rosetta Stone - a reference table with these columns: * The desired result or task * How to do it with portupgrade * How to do it with portmaster A great example is the (obviously much simpler) equivalent for UNIX-likes: http://bhami.com/rosetta.html So far, what I've heard is that the Rosetta Stone I'm looking for does not yet exist. In order to learn it faster, I'll have to build my own, especially for features that I won't be using very often. Maybe posting (or crowdsourcing) the results would be useful. Royce