Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:00:25 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: n j <nino80@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: portmanager or portupgrade? Message-ID: <20070321170025.GA66276@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <46012902.2010203@mikestammer.com> References: <92bcbda50703210519j54a297a1g8f076bb6e91646cf@mail.gmail.com> <46012902.2010203@mikestammer.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--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: <snip> > >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. <snip> > 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--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20070321170025.GA66276>