From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jan 7 3:22:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from sarajevo.idealx.com (sarajevo.idealx.com [213.41.87.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9203937B404 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 03:22:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from singer.ird.idealx.com (singer.ird.idealx.com [192.168.0.1]) by sarajevo.idealx.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g07BMKY03196 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 12:22:20 +0100 (CET) Received: from hobbes.oban.frmug.org (zeppelin.ird.idealx.com [192.168.0.169]) by singer.ird.idealx.com (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id g07BMFH31112 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 12:22:15 +0100 Received: by hobbes.oban.frmug.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A5CBC757A; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 12:21:58 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 12:21:58 +0100 From: Olivier Tharan To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Portupgrade Utility Message-ID: <20020107122158.R682@hobbes.oban.frmug.org> Mail-Followup-To: Olivier Tharan , stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3C38AFF2.5020708@unios.dhs.org> <20020106165913.J71102@hal9000.halplant.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020106165913.J71102@hal9000.halplant.com>; from A.J.Caines@halplant.com on Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 04:59:13PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Andrew J Caines (20020106 16:59): > Where would the typical new user first find out about portupgrade? In news postings or in mailing-lists ; not in docs or general articles about FreeBSD. And not in the first week after having started with the system. All the docs tell about using the Makefiles in /usr/ports, but it would be easier to start with pkg_add -r (and recompile a new version later if needed). > Would additional documentation be useful and if so, then where: > sysinstall, *.TXT, /usr/share/doc, handbook or elsewhere? Handbook I think. You're right, portupgrade does not really belong in base as it is a ports-tool. olive -- Olivier Tharan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message