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> > >
> > > But may I suggest you to use this, when upgrading ports:
> > >
> > > cd /usr/ports
> > > make fetchindex
> > > /usr/local/sbin/portsdb -u
> > > /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb -Fv
> > > /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade -v -i -a -r -c -C
> > 
> > Great, Thanks for that.
> > Eoghan
> 
> Or, you could just run:
> 
> portsnap fetch update    # assumes you have run it before
> portsnap fetch && portsnap extract && portsnap update  # if 
> you haven't
> portmanager -u -l
> 
> It will save you time and trouble. It also assumes you have 
> 'portmanager'
> installed. Portsnap is part of the base system.

I'm newbie in Freebsd and initially I have use cvsup and portupgrade. I
haven't clear what is the difference to use portupgrade, portsnap,
portmanager, and other ones? Could you recommend us one of them?

Johnny