From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 27 23:49:17 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 84EA316A474 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:49:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D0B713C4AA for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:49:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9RNnFA6087564 for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:49:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 122E6B8FD; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:49:15 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:49:15 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071027234915.GB47576@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org References: <4722BAC1.9030906@optonline.net> <20071027103839.4a9393da@makeworld.com> <20071027233403.GA75711@demeter.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="p4qYPpj5QlsIQJ0K" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071027233403.GA75711@demeter.hydra> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: 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 23:49:17 -0000 --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--