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From: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
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Hi,

After a database headache caused by my own doofusity, I've been
contemplating switching from portupgrade.  (Hey, it's been a few
years, things could have changed.)  Checking in /usr/ports/sysutils,
it seems that we have a whole bunch of different tools -- portmaster,
portmanager, portsman, and portupgrade.

A search of the mailing list archive doesn't seem to lead me to a
clear successor or improvement upon portupgrade.  Is portupgrade still
as good as it gets, or are we headed towards another tool any time
soon?

Thanks,
==ml


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