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Date:      Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:31:09 +0000
From:      dgmm <freebsd01@dgmm.net>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: portupgrade -> portmaster Rosetta Stone?
Message-ID:  <201202261131.09573.freebsd01@dgmm.net>
In-Reply-To: <CA%2BE3k93uWzvcRKTc_3WJCj6ZzdT3AXsRgfGYTd9Hc7EzTkjUmw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sunday 26 February 2012, Royce Williams wrote:
> I really did mean that I was looking for a Rosetta Stone - a reference
> table with these columns:
>
> * The desired result or task
> * How to do it with portupgrade
> * How to do it with portmaster
>
> A great example is the (obviously much simpler) equivalent for UNIX-likes:
>
> =A0 =A0 http://bhami.com/rosetta.html
>
> So far, what I've heard is that the Rosetta Stone I'm looking for does
> not yet exist. =A0In order to learn it faster, I'll have to build my
> own, especially for features that I won't be using very often. =A0Maybe
> posting (or crowdsourcing) the results would be useful.

You could begin by looking through /usr/ports/UPDATING

There's a few examples in there. eg updating dependants, setting new origin=
,=20
maybe more.
=2D-=20
Dave



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