From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 3 23:39:50 2011 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 C3E60106566B for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2011 23:39:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xaero@xaerolimit.net) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E8B48FC13 for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2011 23:39:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyf6 with SMTP id 6so6230782eyf.13 for ; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:39:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.109.9 with SMTP id h9mr2091761ebp.38.1294097988975; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:39:48 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.28.148 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Jan 2011 15:39:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <14212432ba707fc5f9fbc75b56e8e783@flabnapple.net> <20101226214221.GB68570@stainmore> <86pqsogfvu.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <4D186D11.1030708@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20110103225455.GA37597@daemon.gnix.co.uk> From: Chris Brennan Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:39:28 -0500 Message-ID: To: "illoai@gmail.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Jamie Paul Griffin , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade status X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:39:50 -0000 On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 6:37 PM, illoai@gmail.com wrote: > On 3 January 2011 17:54, Jamie Paul Griffin 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) C-