Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:39:28 -0500 From: Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> To: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> Cc: Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@gnix.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade status Message-ID: <AANLkTikTi2J-cCzryFEG4cZvDCQxn83ycJ_1AnzO-QJi@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimngzkkfbFnego5MP50xHLS0NHvnL9to0V3pQTT@mail.gmail.com> 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> <AANLkTimngzkkfbFnego5MP50xHLS0NHvnL9to0V3pQTT@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 6:37 PM, illoai@gmail.com <illoai@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> recommended over portupgrade now because i'm going to be upgrading all my
> ports soon and in the 18 months i've been using FreeBSD i've always used
> portupgrade but sounds like it's best to change now.
> >
> > jamie
>
> 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)
>
>
man portmaster reveals
[-R] -f
always rebuild ports (overrides -i)
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