From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Dec 7 15:09:54 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CF4A9A0499 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 15:09:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2FC3D1F27 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 15:09:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from kabini1.local (dynamic-216-186-213-32.knology.net [216.186.213.32] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id tB7F9pmn005840 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 09:09:52 -0600 Subject: Re: Migrating to FreeBSD from Debian References: <86poyiuynx.fsf@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "William A. Mahaffey III" Message-ID: <5665A13F.4070105@hiwaay.net> Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 09:15:21 -0553.75 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <86poyiuynx.fsf@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:09:54 -0000 On 12/07/15 08:28, Malcolm Matalka wrote: > Paul Stuffins writes: > >> Hi Everybody, >> >> Over the last couple of years I have tried many times to dump Debian and >> move to FreeBSD, but every time I have succumbed to Debian's charms and not >> stuck with FreeBSD. >> >> One of my main frustrations is upgrading installed ports, on Debian I just >> need to run "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade", but I have never >> been able to work out how to upgrade installed ports. >> >> As 2016 is fast approaching I want to finally move to FreeBSD and stay with >> FreeBSD, so my question is, what is the best or most efficient way of >> upgrading all ports on a FreeBSD machine? > Use 'pkg' instead. pkg update and pkg upgrade > >> Many Thanks >> Paul >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I hereby 2nd the motion on pkg, love it, use it almost exclusively (need libflash port, *nothing* else due to licensing issues). YMMV & all that rot, but give it a try. Usually *much* faster than recompiling everything from scratch, probably will work AOK unless you need/want some machine-specific optimizations. [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:15:16am] 716 % uname -a FreeBSD kabini1.local 9.3-RELEASE-p24 FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p24 #0: Sat Aug 22 01:54:44 UTC 2015 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:15:16am] 716 % -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.