From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 6 13:07:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A727416A418 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 13:07:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4210D13C442 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 13:07:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 6979 invoked from network); 6 Feb 2008 06:40:20 -0600 Received: from 124-171-243-68.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.171.243.68) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 6 Feb 2008 06:40:20 -0600 Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:40:05 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome Message-ID: <20080206234005.45bc35e3@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <20080206095133.GA94134@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <1563a4fd0802052211h623de132q68a1ad0c8a9b930c@mail.gmail.com> <230174700802060040x4f2a0815r1a4bdc7fccf62b5d@mail.gmail.com> <20080206095133.GA94134@eos.sc1.parodius.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.7; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: navneet Upadhyay , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, "??????????????? \(Shantanoo\)" Subject: Re: Upgrading the Installed package X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:07:02 -0000 On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 01:51:33 -0800 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > Sigh... why do people always recommend portupgrade to users without > telling them of the caveats? I grow tired of this. So let's tell > Navneet exactly what he's getting into, shall we? thanks for the info Jeremy, very informative. For what is worth, i've been using portupgrade for a long time. It works quite well in the vast majority of the situations, though it does seem to get confused with large upgrades with many inter-dependencies -not sure if that is a portupgrade's fault or the ports system. I don't recall having issues with DBD, ruby messages or others. I also use pkg_* when necessary. I am not denying what you said, just trying to balance out the description too. At the end of the day, Navneet, you should try several tools and see what works for you :). B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome I used to hate weddings; all the Grandmas would poke me and say, "You're next sonny!" They stopped doing that when i started to do it to them at funerals. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.