From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 27 13:05:19 2007 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 043C816A418 for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:05:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84CC213C428 for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:05:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o4so784727uge for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:05:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=ZXSCFgV1Kdn5LcWG7Fbcjj2PkDJTkYa5iPd7rEVM+W/pryEVgF780XEFbUiZNj+IeyMYHAKtBlvJcGvY4cUFkP5Ifk4SQxGbwG7NXhu5l+3GpGqP3ehmPd4Cdnm+rrWd+YQFjVHjSeFC6oH9ueXQ04Y20t4sxGA/vVi10wi52vA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=tv+hT22RvuqgbmVyPaaMDApZsNmCFBWU67kEG3LhYVWBz/psOQA62EQ1HYDPTiU7DkIf6sdja0zuNuPjOUx1So30Vb5l3fBkwiVhtWP8lR3tU36KQRqpvi1HT8ycQIvthSBI8yvC6MVNuLtl82+2POptFJR91sP9az3ONsb21lc= Received: by 10.67.119.9 with SMTP id w9mr2921625ugm.1185541512087; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:05:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from monju-bosatsu.dreamtrack.dnsalias.com ( [86.18.88.217]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z37sm5907402ikz.2007.07.27.06.05.08 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:05:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46A9ED82.7050007@crackmonkey.us> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:05:06 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Feargal Reilly References: <46A7E417.5040800@123.com.sv> <46A8144C.7010503@crackmonkey.us> <46A8B49C.6070903@123.com.sv> <46A8B301.7080903@mikestammer.com> <46A8CAD4.3070804@crackmonkey.us> <46A8CC3B.1080608@mikestammer.com> <46A8D39D.1090903@crackmonkey.us> <20070727092852.24de4a1d@mablung.edhellond.fbi.ie> In-Reply-To: <20070727092852.24de4a1d@mablung.edhellond.fbi.ie> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Adam J Richardson Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: porteasy vs portupgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fatman@nospam.crackmonkey.nospam.us List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:05:19 -0000 Hi Fergal, > Is there a tutorial out there somewhere that tells people to use > -aRr? The number of times I see this in FreeBSD related fora is > unreal. > Yes, there is a tutorial. It's either Dru Lavigne or Michael Lucas who is the culprit. One second and I'll find the URL. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=2 It's Dru. All complaints etc to her email address, I don't recall it offhand. > > Both -r and -R are utterly redundant when used with the -a flag. > So now we know. Thanks. At least it doesn't actually break anything... > I think somebody out there has shares in a company that > manufactures replacement "r" keys... > > -fr Heh. :D Adam J Richardson