From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 9 04:18:34 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 117EB16A401 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 04:18:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9727013C43E for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 04:18:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 09 Apr 2007 00:18:32 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.8.3-GA) with ESMTP id NDN70696; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 00:18:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 65-78-26-179.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([65.78.26.179]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 09 Apr 2007 00:18:28 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17945.48796.349319.118600@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 00:18:36 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20070407132651.GQ14829@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> 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> <20070407132651.GQ14829@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta27) "fiddleheads" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net) 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: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:18:34 -0000 Michael P. Soulier writes: > > 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 not 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. Don't mistake me - I use portupgrade, and recommend it to others. But I know from bitter experience it is /not/ bullet-proof. Robert Huff