Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:24:32 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the art of pkgdb -F Message-ID: <20070328212432.669353e4@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0703272219r3e504bd5tb09ca5acd3f82776@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070328011712.GR11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <20070327202842.1678265c.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <d7195cff0703272219r3e504bd5tb09ca5acd3f82776@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:19:47 -0500 "illoai@gmail.com" <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.
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