Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 00:18:36 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the art of pkgdb -F Message-ID: <17945.48796.349319.118600@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20070407132651.GQ14829@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> References: <20070328011712.GR11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <8cb6106e0703271834l9014bffp8f1d5e753f7ec108@mail.gmail.com> <8EEB22EE-7230-4EEC-BEFE-514EBE059992@goldmark.org> <460A9689.2010506@daleco.biz> <20070329003400.GV11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <460B3316.7080405@daleco.biz> <17931.14232.757720.812186@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20070407132651.GQ14829@tigger.digitaltorque.ca>
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Michael P. Soulier writes: > > Might as well paint "PLEASE KICK ME!" and an arrow pointing > > down on your back .... > > I'm used to binary-package distributions that seem to try a lot > harder to not break. I suppose that ports is evolving, and it > used to be worse, so I shouldn't complain. Still, if the handbook > says to use portupgrade -R to upgrade a port, that's what BSD > newbies like me are going to use. Don't mistake me - I use portupgrade, and recommend it to others. But I know from bitter experience it is /not/ bullet-proof. Robert Huff
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