From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 30 17:52:09 2012 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 B4FB41065675 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:52:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djackson452@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lpp01m020-f182.google.com (mail-lpp01m020-f182.google.com [209.85.217.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3714E8FC0A for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:52:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbao2 with SMTP id o2so442482lba.13 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:52:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=xD4Cgb4eGrZLliGFt8V8V+om/5Ldr4m/RBmNKgijlWs=; b=defwCqCd0e17FkvtNGZPcU4MjrFs+mr4BKgsOLcFk/dWo71YakhHSaWKNYHZeYzGsx gzbsQr3DllYC7ncgvCC+qj65UMK2cDl+LKVN6NA5QJhspC96IMI87V734GAfQo1VTsdV b6jQO08a2FjMNRZjb2hoBD+yijV2/8weZg158= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.36.166 with SMTP id r6mr4882787lbj.4.1327945927889; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:52:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.95.129 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:52:07 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:52:07 -0500 Message-ID: From: David Jackson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Unable to upgrade packages on FreeBSD 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: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:52:09 -0000 I have tried endlessly to no avail to upgrade binary the packages on Freebsd to the latest version. I have tried: *portupgrade -PP -a *portmaster -PP -a *pkg_update All fail miserably and totally and have left the system in an unuseable state. Why can't FreeBSD just make the package system "just work". Right after installing FreeBSD I should be able to type a single command such as update_packages and it should update all packages on the system, with no errors and without requiring any configurations to be troubleshooted, it should work out of the box. Why not? Why is something so simple so difficult and impossible? Ubuntu can do it, why not FreeBSD? Why cant FreeBSD Just make the package upgrades work.