From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 24 06:02:24 2004 Return-Path: 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 D57B716A4CE for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:02:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.116]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA51F43D1D for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:02:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jayobrien@worldnet.att.net) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (dsl093-180-184.sac1.dsl.speakeasy.net[66.93.180.184]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc12) with ESMTP id <2004122406020111200mhc7de> (Authid: jayobrien@att.net); Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:02:01 +0000 Message-ID: <41CBB0D6.6080807@att.net> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:01:58 -0800 From: Jay O'Brien User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD - questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: portupgrade vs. portmanager X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:02:24 -0000 I'm running 5.3 RELEASE and trying to learn. I did a ports cvsup. Following the Dru Lavigne article on portupgrade at http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=1 I installed portupgrade and then ran portsdb -Uu. It errored out, telling me that I shouldn't use my "refuse" file that stopped the non- english docs and ports from being loaded on my HD. In trying to understand this issue, I found portmanager, and it looks like it would perform the same function as portupgrade. My questions: Is there a way around the "refuse" file prohibition, perhaps with portmanager? Does portmanager replace portupgrade? Jay O'Brien Rio Linda, California, USA