From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 29 00:37:06 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 4C78916A403 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:37:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from msoulier@digitaltorque.ca) Received: from mail.storm.ca (mail.storm.ca [209.87.239.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0392A13C455 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:37:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from msoulier@digitaltorque.ca) Received: from kanga.digitaltorque.ca (hs-216-106-102-70.storm.ca [216.106.102.70]) by mail.storm.ca (8.13.6+Sun/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l2T0b5Ce014412 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:37:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from tigger.digitaltorque.ca (tigger.digitaltorque.ca [192.168.1.3]) by kanga.digitaltorque.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B15314E for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:36:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: by tigger.digitaltorque.ca (Postfix, from userid 500) id A8403240F4; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:36:59 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:36:59 -0400 From: "Michael P. Soulier" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070329003659.GW11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20070328011712.GR11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <20070327202842.1678265c.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <20070328212432.669353e4@gumby.homeunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NT59pYSnj1ZLVgEN" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070328212432.669353e4@gumby.homeunix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i 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: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:37:06 -0000 --NT59pYSnj1ZLVgEN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 28/03/07 RW said: > 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. Wow. You would think that such tools would prevent you from getting into th= at situation.=20 Mike --=20 Michael P. Soulier "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein --NT59pYSnj1ZLVgEN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGCworKGqCc1vIvggRAk92AJsEZ4Ma3+snXnEsInzS/yST2jSdDgCdHQfw eY5UYxDs7fwaGyX4/HO65To= =MqUX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NT59pYSnj1ZLVgEN--