From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 28 20:24:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EBB016A402 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:24:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-03.mxes.net (mxout-03.mxes.net [216.86.168.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0895913C4AE for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:24:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E351B5199A for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:24:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:24:32 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070328212432.669353e4@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20070328011712.GR11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <20070327202842.1678265c.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.8.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: the art of pkgdb -F X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:24:36 -0000 On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:19:47 -0500 "illoai@gmail.com" wrote: > Obviously, as I am not about to batter you > about the neck and head with the beam projecting > from my eye (hold still, you've got a . . .), > I can only suggest a decent cringe&pray > manouver (as I execute from time to time), > and a stout attempt to wean oneself off, > albeit > % portupgrade -fr blorf* > is quite seductive, nearly doubly so when > blorf* is actually gettext.arg.bah. > > ports-mgmt/portmaster disposes with the > hairy databases and leering dependancies > at the cost of being slightly less . . . err, come > to think of it, after a bit of man page perusal > I cannot think of anything that I use portupgrade > for that portmaster seems to be missing. YMMV > as usual. > The gettext upgrade is actually a good example of what portupgrade offers. With portupgrade the -rf option is advisable, but not essential, with portmaster, it's essential that the -r option is used, If it's not, or the upgrade fails to complete, you can end-up with not much more than the base-system working.