Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:44:39 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: "J. Altman" <freebsd-announce@chthonic.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to 8.1; Perl; and libgcrypt Message-ID: <20100729084439.GA17153@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <20100729002648.GA1937@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> References: <20100728152026.GA19185@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> <20100728160025.GA91164@slackbox.erewhon.net> <20100729002648.GA1937@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG>
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--C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:26:48AM +0000, J. Altman wrote: > > I would advise you to use portmaster; > >=20 > > 1) portmaster -o lang/perl5.12 lang/perl5.10 > > 2) portmaster p5- > >=20 > > That worked for me. >=20 > Hmm...well, I've used portupgrade since 4.3, and have only wondered > if switching is a good thing. I've not made time to learn that > process. Unlike portupgrade, portmaster doesn't rely on an extra database. It just u= ses the information in /var/db/pkg/. I find it easier to work with. Every week = or so, I use two commands to keep my ports up to date; 1) portsnap fetch update 2) portmaster -a -B -d Using portsnap is _much_ faster than using csup! Of course I check /usr/ports/UPDATING between step 1 and 2. And if I find something relevant = in UPDATING, I usually take care of that first. This has been a pretty much painless way to keep my ports updated. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkxRP3cACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWZmgCfXDxl9sprjAwvdBlfdR0l7En/ +/UAnRy/fm4062qrzfj6BFz78nIsnSrG =3XLa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc--
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