Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:49:15 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade used to be fun!!! Message-ID: <20071027234915.GB47576@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20071027233403.GA75711@demeter.hydra> References: <4722BAC1.9030906@optonline.net> <20071027103839.4a9393da@makeworld.com> <20071027233403.GA75711@demeter.hydra>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--p4qYPpj5QlsIQJ0K Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 05:34:03PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > 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. >=20 > . . . except when they break something. It's a lot easier to fix broken > software on FreeBSD than with a binary packaged based Linux distribution, > in my (recent) experience. I rarely see port breakage. If I do it's usually a case of PEBKAC, :-) Having said that, switching between major versions of FreeBSD can be a hassle with ports. > > I used to love spending my Friday nights updating my FreeBSD ports - > > then, as you are finding out - it's just getting tedious. >=20 > I've never found updating the software on a system "fun". That's part of > the reason I find I prefer FreeBSD: it doesn't break shit as often, and > thus doesn't make it even *more* un-fun. In my experience it is much easier to keep ports updated every other week or so than to to it after a couple of months. Only when switching between major versions of FreeBSD it is time for drastic measures. I usually delete and reinstall all ports after making such a switch. It is the best way to keep the amount of old cruft on the system to a minimum. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --p4qYPpj5QlsIQJ0K Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHI857EnfvsMMhpyURAneyAJ4+Q2r5XgZKUQT2ABHZfXaVE+UFrQCbBGbU fdZlsm8/0M58G4U8zouTO7g= =X/Y+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --p4qYPpj5QlsIQJ0K--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20071027234915.GB47576>