From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 6 00:48:51 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 1D6B116A401 for ; Sat, 6 May 2006 00:48:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from smtp4.suscom.net (smtp4.suscom.net [64.78.119.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9156D43D45 for ; Sat, 6 May 2006 00:48:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp4.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D6EF150074; Fri, 5 May 2006 20:48:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp4.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp4.suscom.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 16736-01-56; Fri, 5 May 2006 20:48:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from seibercom.net (ip148.217.45.216.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp4.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 77550150063; Fri, 5 May 2006 20:48:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.4] ([192.168.0.4]) by seibercom.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k460mZjA099959; Fri, 5 May 2006 20:48:36 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 20:48:40 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: Joel Hatton , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: gerard@seibercom.net Organization: Seibercom In-Reply-To: <200605051417.k45EH8Iv047288@app.auscert.org.au> References: <200605051417.k45EH8Iv047288@app.auscert.org.au> 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: <20060505204412.BAE1.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.25 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at suscom.net Cc: Subject: Re: portmanager install from packages (please) 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: Sat, 06 May 2006 00:48:51 -0000 Joel Hatton wrote: > Hi, > > I've lately been using portmanager on my build host, instead of > portupgrade, to rebuild ports and produce packages and I'm impressed. But > now I want more... > > It seems to me that one of the greatest benefits of portmanager is that > it is a compiled executable, and thus doesn't rely on Ruby. In our > environment, where ports are built on one machine and then installed from > packages on others, it would make a lot of sense if I didn't have to > install Ruby just so that I can run portupgrade. All I really want to do > is put the new packages on the machine and upgrade from those, using a > single binary that doesn't require extra support. But, brilliant though > it is, I can't do this with portmanager. > > Now, it occurs to me that I could just do something as simple as run > pkg_delete/pkg_add against the most recently available packages, but I'm > sure I'd risk breaking something on a critical host. Extending portmanager > to perform this function seems logical. > > > cheers, > -- Joel Hatton -- > Infrastructure Manager | Hotline: +61 7 3365 4417 > AusCERT - Australia's national CERT | Fax: +61 7 3365 7031 > The University of Queensland | WWW: www.auscert.org.au > Qld 4072 Australia | Email: auscert@auscert.org.au Have you tried contacting "Michael C. Shultz" in regards to this matter? -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid altogether.