Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:37:10 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@gnix.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade status Message-ID: <AANLkTimngzkkfbFnego5MP50xHLS0NHvnL9to0V3pQTT@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110103225455.GA37597@daemon.gnix.co.uk> References: <14212432ba707fc5f9fbc75b56e8e783@flabnapple.net> <20101226214221.GB68570@stainmore> <AANLkTi=bD60UiybsaioHwEDgsXAQpAeJ6VuPiDvSZ%2B0P@mail.gmail.com> <86pqsogfvu.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <4D186D11.1030708@infracaninophile.co.uk> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1012271354470.35608@fledge.watson.org> <20110103225455.GA37597@daemon.gnix.co.uk>
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On 3 January 2011 17:54, Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@gnix.co.uk> wrote: > so can i just ask, is portmaster or another port upgrading tool recommend= ed over portupgrade now because i'm going to be upgrading all my ports soon= and =A0in the 18 months i've been using FreeBSD i've always used portupgra= de but sounds like it's best to change now. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0jamie Unless you particularly despise some aspect or feature of portupgrade, I can see little point in switching. Portmaster has the advantage of not requiring ruby or an external database, but the disadvan- tage of not having an equivalent of # portupgrade -Rf (at least last time I used it) --=20 --
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