From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 7 13:26:58 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D638E16A403 for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 13:26:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from msoulier@digitaltorque.ca) Received: from mail.storm.ca (mail.storm.ca [209.87.239.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DE7F13C46E for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 13:26:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from msoulier@digitaltorque.ca) Received: from kanga.digitaltorque.ca (hs-216-106-102-70.storm.ca [216.106.102.70]) by mail.storm.ca (8.13.6+Sun/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l37DQvRg021416; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 09:26:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from tigger.digitaltorque.ca (tigger.digitaltorque.ca [192.168.1.3]) by kanga.digitaltorque.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1E65B; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 09:26:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: by tigger.digitaltorque.ca (Postfix, from userid 500) id EE50D240F4; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 09:26:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 09:26:51 -0400 From: "Michael P. Soulier" To: Robert Huff Message-ID: <20070407132651.GQ14829@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> Mail-Followup-To: Robert Huff , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20070328011712.GR11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <8cb6106e0703271834l9014bffp8f1d5e753f7ec108@mail.gmail.com> <8EEB22EE-7230-4EEC-BEFE-514EBE059992@goldmark.org> <460A9689.2010506@daleco.biz> <20070329003400.GV11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <460B3316.7080405@daleco.biz> <17931.14232.757720.812186@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="U6leaJ20qZQc29iB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <17931.14232.757720.812186@jerusalem.litteratus.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the art of pkgdb -F 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, 07 Apr 2007 13:26:58 -0000 --U6leaJ20qZQc29iB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 28/03/07 Robert Huff said: > > But I bet I'm not the only one who, once upon a time, happened to > > try "portupgrade -arR" or equivalent after forgetting to read > > UPDATING and ended up with more to do than I originally thought. >=20 > Might as well paint "PLEASE KICK ME!" and an arrow pointing > down on your back .... I'm used to binary-package distributions that seem to try a lot harder to n= ot break. I suppose that ports is evolving, and it used to be worse, so I shouldn't complain. Still, if the handbook says to use portupgrade -R to upgrade a port, that's what BSD newbies like me are going to use. I'm just glad that portupgrade has a -n switch.=20 Mike --=20 Michael P. Soulier "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein --U6leaJ20qZQc29iB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGF5waKGqCc1vIvggRAp5VAKDA+lhzypT8ekGJSOdYKXlMKnCZRwCgskxm wfEZ2QB5vzMBcVx1+l9gaCo= =CuGM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --U6leaJ20qZQc29iB--