From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 11 23:35:26 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48516362 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:35:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D5D5970 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:35:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3YjgRV6qBszP1 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:35:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:33:01 -0500 From: Daniel Staal To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommendation instead of portmanager Message-ID: <0A339689DD2763309568CF20@[192.168.1.50]> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:35:26 -0000 --As of January 11, 2013 11:07:58 PM +0100, Artifex Maximus is alleged to have said: > I am using portmanager for updating my ports. I love its -p switch. Is > there any similar program with such option? I am asking because > portmanager is gone from ports tree. --As for the rest, it is mine. As of when? I still see it. (And I'm dreading it ever going away: It's the only port update tool I've tried that's never broken my system, and the only one that can handle errors in any sensible way, in my opinion.) Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------