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Date:      Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:44:09 -0800
From:      Micah <micahjon@ywave.com>
To:        Craig Deal <list.cdeal@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: portmanager status?
Message-ID:  <43D06A99.8070900@ywave.com>
In-Reply-To: <fe0fbd300601191858q356956eej4989f7d27c698c6@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <fe0fbd300601191858q356956eej4989f7d27c698c6@mail.gmail.com>

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Craig Deal wrote:
> I just ran portmanager -s and it said that it has been removed from
> the ports collection. The "MOVED" file said
> "sysutils/portmanager||2006-01-19|Author withdrew permission to
> distribute". Does this mean it will not be available any more, or is
> this temporary?
> 
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a replacement for a novice user.
> Portmanager was very easy to use and I never had a problem with it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Craig

Check out http://portmanager.sunsite.dk/preface.html
"I have decided to remove portmanager from the FreeBSD ports tree 
because I do not get along with the people in charge of FreeBSD ports."

Sounds pretty permanent to me.

Use portupgrade.

HTH,
Micah



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