From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 25 19:20:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CF7D106564A for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:20:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from woodbine.london.02.net (woodbine.london.02.net [87.194.255.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD48E8FC08 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:20:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from [192.168.1.76] (93.97.24.219) by woodbine.london.02.net (8.5.016.1) id 4A20329601B41FCA; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:20:13 +0100 Message-ID: <4A43CDEC.7050602@onetel.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:20:12 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090321) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: RW References: <200906212038.39370.meslists@yahoo.fr> <4A3FE271.8080201@onetel.com> <20090622214802.0761813e@gumby.homeunix.com> <4A414751.9090804@onetel.com> <20090624015051.2ee23577@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20090624015051.2ee23577@gumby.homeunix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading installed ports: time to do it ? 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, 25 Jun 2009 19:20:15 -0000 RW wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:21:21 +0100 > Chris Whitehouse wrote: > >> RW wrote: >>> On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:58:41 +0100 >>> Chris Whitehouse wrote: >>> >>>> I'll probably get flamed for this but since I've been using >>>> ports-mgmt/portmanager I've almost forgotten >>>> about /usr/ports/UPDATING and all that pkgdb -Fu stuff or whatever >>>> it was. I've upgraded ports just by doing 'portmanager -u' over >>>> one or two quite major changes and not had any problems that >>>> haven't been down to an individual ports. >>> You still need to read UPDATING, portmanager handles some of the >>> issues automatically, but not all. >> Not trolling but can you give me some examples? > > Many of of the entries aren't solely to do with guiding > portmaster/portupgrade through the upgrade, they may also involve > migrating configuration or user data, or performing other > administrative tasks. > > Portmanger does cope with most of the "portupgrade -o" and > "portupgrade -r" entries, although sometime it will need to be run (or > rerun) in pristine-mode. just curious, do you know this because you know how they all work or have you tried them. And how does portmaster fit in? Does it use the same 'leaf-nodes first' algorithm as portmanager? > > However, it doesn't always work correctly when software has been > repackaged because this can create temporary unrecorded conflicts > which are difficult for any tool to deal with. If you see any > instructions to remove packages before upgrading, it's prudent to follow > them. Thanks, I'll pay more attention. Maybe I got lucky in the past. Chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >