From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 4 18:52:34 2003 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 7495637B401 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 18:52:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ACBF43F85 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 18:52:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18qP1C-000J3K-00 for FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2003 02:52:31 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id BCA31C7D0 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 03:52:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id E131B610C for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 03:52:17 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id A5E612256C; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 03:52:18 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 03:52:18 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Portupgrade .. yet again Message-ID: <20030305025218.GA3922@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At the risk of being boring.. Portupgrade works fine for some people, less than fine for others. Now I read the docs, the very patient advice given by people on the list. I have a very ordinary FreeBSD system. Portupgrade trashed my KDE installation. Trashed with a big T. Now, I can fix this, 'cos this mama knows about computers. Now I have experience, updating systems is almost always a ball-breaker. So encouraged I tried out portupgrade. problem 1... no way was it having -a ..didn't know how to make.. problem 2.. -R/r .. wow you hit the jackpot with that, it rebuilds things you have never even heard of problem 3.. mm, this one foxed me, trying to find things in /usr/local/lib/.libs problem 4 .. I don't use Gnome, I hate it, errmm portupgrade update it for me..oh yes.. Problem 5 .. now I tried to update things individually. By name. Well lo and gehold, and bless my cotton socks, portupgrade decided to update all sorts of things, mutt, postfix, stuff I never even breathed at. Btw Mike, the reason you were getting my intranet addresses was because portupgrade replaced my Muttrc file. Now before the flames start, I am willimg to try and re-write portupgrade. In "C". It is a complex job, if anyone wants to help email me off list. -- Regards Cliff [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message