From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 5 17:56:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CF6A16A420 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 17:56:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 276F943D48 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 17:56:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from 209-6-22-247.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.22.247]) by smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 05 Feb 2006 12:56:30 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.02,89,1139202000"; d="scan'208"; a="202624309:sNHT124154508" From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17382.15078.954911.389581@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 12:50:30 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <200602042201.00168.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta24) "dandelion" XEmacs Lucid Subject: Re: Why does portsdb -Uu run so long? 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: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 17:56:34 -0000 Xn Nooby writes: > Everyone that knows what they are doing never seem to have a problem. Respectfully, rubbish. I use portupgrade; where it seems applicable I am careful to mention one ought to read the manual completely, and to state my experiences where it has clearly and without provocation Done the Wrong Thing. Similar behavior can be observed in other posters, with a statistical bias toward the more technically experienced. (Your mileage may vary.) Robert Huff