From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 24 06:04:35 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 A667316A4CE for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:04:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.199.47.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4733543D48 for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:04:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BCA7251255; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:04:34 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:04:34 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Jay O'Brien Message-ID: <20041224060434.GB90273@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <41CBB0D6.6080807@att.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41CBB0D6.6080807@att.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: FreeBSD - questions Subject: Re: 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 06:04:35 -0000 --UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 10:01:58PM -0800, Jay O'Brien wrote: > I'm running 5.3 RELEASE and trying to learn. I did a ports cvsup.=20 > Following the Dru Lavigne article on portupgrade at=20 > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=3D1 > I installed portupgrade and then ran portsdb -Uu. It errored out,=20 > telling me that I shouldn't use my "refuse" file that stopped the non- > english docs and ports from being loaded on my HD. >=20 > In trying to understand this issue, I found portmanager, and it looks=20 > like it would perform the same function as portupgrade.=20 >=20 > My questions: Is there a way around the "refuse" file prohibition,=20 > perhaps with portmanager? Does portmanager replace portupgrade?=20 If you refuse parts of the ports collection, it's impossible for you to build a consistent INDEX from it, which is what portsdb -uU does. If you don't actually want to rebuild your own index, you can use 'make fetchindex' instead. Kris --UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBy7FyWry0BWjoQKURApj+AJ45eUY+6ZQnPUEbOw5vCgDe5lLX8gCg5wEN dBH8ClyA3/0Af5AtyUrF2mk= =Y0JQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB--