Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:38:39 -0500 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: "E. J. Cerejo" <ecerejo@optonline.net> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade used to be fun!!! Message-ID: <20071027103839.4a9393da@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <4722BAC1.9030906@optonline.net> References: <4722BAC1.9030906@optonline.net>
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On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:12:49 -0400 "E. J. Cerejo" <ecerejo@optonline.net> wrote: > Not anymore! Every time I cvsup my ports tree and I see all of those > ports that need to be updated my belly aches and that's because > portupgrade doesn't work the way it used to work. It is not fun any > more! Always an issue, either a port conflicts with another port or > it fails all together. I have forgotten the last time I updated my > ports without any issues. Today scrollkeeper is conflicting with > rarian, they install files on the same directory. Go figure. Those > were the days when it used to work. This is one of the main reasons users are having a serious look at Linux distros like Fedora or some Debian-ish ones. I have used (and still do) both flavors of the above and I have to tell y, updating the installed apps is as easy as apt-get update ot yum update/upgrade. I used to love spending my Friday nights updating my FreeBSD ports - then, as you are finding out - it's just getting tedious. I'm unsure if there is the makings of a whole new way to update/upgrade the ports, but it's something that should be considered. Please - I know what some of you out there will say, "Then why don't you do it" - I'm not criticizing, simply commenting on my experiences. -- Best regards, Chris Registerd Linux user number 448639
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