From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 21 17:00:27 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 EA9CD16A402 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:00:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CD8713C4C6 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:00:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l2LH0Qcq014869; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:00:26 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C279AB845; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:00:25 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:00:25 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: n j , FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20070321170025.GA66276@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: n j , FreeBSD Questions References: <92bcbda50703210519j54a297a1g8f076bb6e91646cf@mail.gmail.com> <46012902.2010203@mikestammer.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46012902.2010203@mikestammer.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Subject: Re: portmanager or portupgrade? 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, 21 Mar 2007 17:00:28 -0000 --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 07:45:54AM -0500, Eric wrote: > n j wrote: > >first off, I'm looking for a ports upgrading solution on my box, not > >trying to start a religious debate over which one is better. I'm > >interested in hearing what other FreeBSD admins are using and, if > >possible, why they prefer one over the other. I have some experience > >with portupgrade only, but I see more and more people talk about > >portmanager, so I thought it would be good to hear what others use. > i have used them all and I think portmaster is the best of the 3=20 > choices, at least for my needs/machines. I second that. > It has no dependencies as well, which, to me, is a plus.=20 And no database that can be corrupted. > It is simple to use and has a lot of options should they be > needed. One really nice feature is that all the options for ports are > set at the beginning of the process. this basically allows you to set > your config options up front and then let it compile away.=20 This is definitely one of the better features of portmaster. > In the end its all a matter of what you like. Try them all and see what= =20 > one you like for how you manage your boxes. For me, its portmaster all= =20 > the way. it hasnt let me down yet and I havent seen a need to keep the=20 > other 2 around once i was familiar with portmaster. One feature that might be nice to have is a kind of intelligent restart if = one of the ports in a dependency chain fails.=20 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) --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGAWSpEnfvsMMhpyURAlv3AKCnYEMEw29PZE0sTr6DiTKRxCKBCwCggXLW feSCUu9TMZs6lJn7wTTJrQ8= =Btgq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP--