Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:25:08 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> Cc: Dave <dave@g8kbv.demon.co.uk>, freebsd-questions Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!) Message-ID: <AANLkTik6MvPHtuucSihG-pxPZQ0n1vxb8=KaBj0q6wnx@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikRxZGOt5ZWXTLAt9d%2BmDz0vv-fLvxqm1XgxihX@mail.gmail.com> References: <4CED8855.23373.40E2965D@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <4CF13A7E.9852.186FE1D@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <AANLkTimt7uoZtRTEN-qeLC=BHe0yiPwAE=f5OzdSdpG=@mail.gmail.com> <4CF142A1.1231.1A6C687@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <AANLkTikRxZGOt5ZWXTLAt9d%2BmDz0vv-fLvxqm1XgxihX@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net>wrote: > No need to specify the full path w/ portmaster ... just "portmaster > --no-confirm -D sysutils/tmux" is sufficient, portsnap is the best/easiest > way to get the latest snapshot of ports. No real reason not to unless your > using a custom ports or are maintaining your own ports and don't want them > clobbered. > There are a couple of reasons specifying the full path is more convenient: 1. tab-completions work 2. When dealing with system utilities like whereis(1), the full path is displayed making double-click+middle click give you correct cmd portmaster $FULL_PATH - $PORTSDIR is only useful for me in cases where I remember exactly where the port lives. -- Adam Vande More
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