From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 15:34:56 2008 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 A772A1065670 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:34:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f19.google.com (mail-bw0-f19.google.com [209.85.218.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5047D8FC13 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:34:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so5883340bwz.19 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:34:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=BRYxMu33Hqw+Tm1dar+a/AhAwNL3SYzgTxKhLoT2G8U=; b=Dl19Sy+t8hRv49qhc+dsHV2fmC9sOmnTM4JSHhjRx3E2WkUNzvy0OiOIt35l2Q6hNV h55xBjt2LX1oidWB0d5oIeet1+hlQGwzhshug5wv7W0VpIBNUgFFoxI/DJymAf4x8tw6 dR3bIrih8TWddOBhDFjsBnracpuDCDSzS9spE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=AC8UQKPq1ri1oPycganWWkhEhc8INffKRBvdNR3Ximk0Xlsj49zmHblhfFIVP+ouZX Tx1q4BooM/AjOVS7T3o8kxDxHej8rZRvyPlOIK1+YOq+HAwr36TwoFHWIvhBqQV/bdJJ 86VuGBDkq+X3Bk8hhdOo3WSleHnCzCwQHJdIM= Received: by 10.103.121.19 with SMTP id y19mr2341447mum.56.1229960093376; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:34:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.91.11 with HTTP; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:34:53 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4ad871310812220734n4485fdfdj8cb816a6cba665ae@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:34:53 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20081222162918.47577b53.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4ad871310812220720k26e0b02kaf7a6e4a5ea5137f@mail.gmail.com> <20081222162918.47577b53.freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Luca Presotto , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Could not find package - using ports 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, 22 Dec 2008 15:34:56 -0000 On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:20:24 -0500, "Glen Barber" wrote: >> Portupgrade won't install packages -- it'll upgrade your ports using >> the ports tree. If you want the latest software, you need to compile >> using ports. Packages are built once, when the X.X-RELEASE comes out. >> Did you read the portupgrade man page? > > That's not entirely true. The portupgrade port installs a program > called portinstall. According to its manpage, portinstall can > -a- install from ports (compile), -b- install from packages > or -c- install from packages only (where it works similar to > pkg_add). > That's good to know. Last port* tool I used besides 'make' was portmaster -- that was a year and several broken ports ago. Needless to say, I manage them myself now. :) -- Glen Barber