Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 17:25:25 -0800 (PST) From: Dru Lavigne <dru.lavigne@att.net> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "freebsd-doc@freebsd.org" <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: updating ports Message-ID: <1391477125.13219.YahooMailNeo@web184906.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20140204012007.GZ1766@glenbarber.us> References: <1391476255.71576.YahooMailNeo@web184905.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <20140204012007.GZ1766@glenbarber.us>
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=0A=0A>> Currently, there are 2 Handbook sections that deal with upgrading = ports:=0A>> =0A>> 5.6.3. Upgrading Ports=A0 (which describes the use of the= portmaster and portupgrade ports)=0A>> =0A>> and=0A>> =0A>> 23.3. Portsnap= : a Ports Collection Update Tool (which describes the built-in portsnap)=0A= >> =0A>> I would like to combine these into 5.6.3.=0A>> =0A>> Do we want to= encourage the use of third-party utils or just encourage the use of the bu= ilt in one?=0A>> =0A>=0A>I think there are two separate topics here (withou= t having looked at the=0A>Handbook sections yet).=A0 I don't think portmast= er and portupgrade=0A>actually handle updating the ports tree itself, but h= andle=0A>upgrading/rebuilding ports within the ports tree.=0A>=0A>Portsnap,= on the other hand, does not actually touch the software=0A>installed (mean= ing, it does not update the installed third-party=0A>software), but only ha= ndles updating the ports tree sources themselves.=0A>=0A>> If just the buil= t in one, I'll replace 5.6.3 with the contents of 23.3 and reduce portmaste= r/portupgrade to a note that these utils are available in the ports collect= ion.=0A>> =0A>> If we should describe all three, I'll place 23.3 as the fir= st utility to be described in 5.6.3.=0A=0A=0A=0AGood catch...and I see that= portsnap is already covered in Procedure 5.1 of section 5.6. I'll submit a= patch some time this week.=0A=0ACheers,=0A=0ADru=0A
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