From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 5 18:54:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84F0A16A420 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:54:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from smtp5.suscom.net (smtp5.suscom.net [64.78.83.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CACA243D49 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:54:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp5.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5547B5100F3 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 13:53:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp5.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp5 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 25672-01-26 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 13:53:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from seibercom.net (ip148.217.45.216.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp5.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 9DBAF5100F4 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 13:53:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (boss [192.168.0.4]) by seibercom.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k25IrpGQ019135 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 13:53:51 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:53:52 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: gerard@seibercom.net Organization: Seibercom In-Reply-To: <20060305134937.69169.qmail@web60023.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060305072451.GA42164@ns.museum.rain.com> <20060305134937.69169.qmail@web60023.mail.yahoo.com> X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20060305134656.75D4.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.24.01 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88/1315/Sun Mar 5 05:31:57 2006 on seibercom.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new .250 at suscom.net Subject: Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:54:04 -0000 Peter wrote: > --- James Long wrote: > > > > Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 19:34:57 -0800 > > > From: Kent Stewart > > > Subject: Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager ... > > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > Cc: Peter , Kiffin Gish > > > > > Message-ID: <200603041934.58087.kstewart@owt.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > On Saturday 04 March 2006 19:20, Peter wrote: > > > > --- Kiffin Gish wrote: > > > > > I would like to know the difference between running: > > > > > > > > > > portupgrade -arR and portmanager -u > > > > > > > > > > Just curious is all, thanks. > > > > > > > > I have found portmanager to be more intelligent. When > > > > you run it it takes a look at all installed ports and > > > > then it decides what order to upgrade the ports and > > > > their dependencies. Portupgrade proceeds linearly and > > > > you may need to run it a few more times for everything > > > > to be upgraded. At least that's how I understand it. > > > > > > > But the -rR tells it to look at all of the dependancies and build them > > > if they need to be. In addition, if something depends on it, it will > > > also build them. > > > > > > I don't see any differance. > > > > Further, the assertion by petermatulis@yahoo.ca that > > portupgrade > > requires multiple passes is just plain false. I > > upgrade over 230 > > ports on my laptop with one command. > > may == requires ? Well, I just totally rebuilt all of the ports on my machine (330 to be exact) with just one command also: portmanager -u -f -l -y Obviously, I updated the ports tree prior to running that command. It is my own opinion that portmanager does a better job. That is my own personal opinion however -- YMMV. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net Someone in a closed box cannot tell whether he is sitting at rest in the earth's gravitational field or being accelerated by a rocket in free space. Albert Einstin