From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 27 15:38:41 2007 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 22BF216A417 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:38:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from omr6.networksolutionsemail.com (omr6.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DABCB13C48D for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:38:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from mail.networksolutionsemail.com (ns-omr6.mgt.netsol.com [10.49.6.69]) by omr6.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id l9RFceFT027379 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:38:40 -0400 Received: (qmail 11216 invoked by uid 78); 27 Oct 2007 15:38:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO makeworld.com) (71.113.148.238) by ns-omr6.lb.hosting.dc2.netsol.com with SMTP; 27 Oct 2007 15:38:39 -0000 Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:38:39 -0500 From: Chris To: "E. J. Cerejo" Message-ID: <20071027103839.4a9393da@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <4722BAC1.9030906@optonline.net> References: <4722BAC1.9030906@optonline.net> Organization: Makeworld.com X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade used to be fun!!! 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: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:38:41 -0000 On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:12:49 -0400 "E. J. Cerejo" 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