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Subject: Re: "the best" port update tool
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"Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> writes:

> After a database headache caused by my own doofusity,

*shrug* what would that be? In doubt, kill /usr/ports/INDEX*db and
/var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db, run portsdb -u ; pkgdb -Fa and see what you get.

> A search of the mailing list archive doesn't seem to lead me to a
> clear successor or improvement upon portupgrade.  Is portupgrade still
> as good as it gets, or are we headed towards another tool any time
> soon?

Matter of taste.

-- 
Matthias Andree