From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 17 15:34:37 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B708106566B for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:34:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76E698FC14 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:34:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyj26 with SMTP id 26so8943319wyj.13 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:34:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5aG/M8PrJXa2tLSfRTLLob3I6AaBzPWB8rdg+NkYKl4=; b=bgYby9qyld9KgN5tegPC1pvOiHCwZOyHnDxNkmleYg2kxn4gq2/emTexnmcQBOXLNf GrCLXIrqlVe4X55ruIxGur0dJ9kEEyLcG/J5+o5taudVptXVeh6d/g8k5KeobhJy9A6E wtQu+jZWFLbHZ3vy0GRY4d4mPJwtagX92itR4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=do/N3Ke2QOl3DmrJv8Q35KtCUYpAdyM6uw31Azc0rfTSw0sLuyswHMeU6I6tni21x4 Rltd72MyciG3VXtSMirZ2rPA9o4Nt1sixapyJ4l58RHuwVqr7nRCSxD7VRvtVUNgby7A Kiti611lq4+6bziSk7NYAgMr1amCj7r4KJxpQ= Received: by 10.216.164.132 with SMTP id c4mr914579wel.9.1282059275342; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:34:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (bb-87-81-140-128.ukonline.co.uk [87.81.140.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l55sm4160103weq.17.2010.08.17.08.34.31 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:34:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:34:29 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100817163429.2f3936d3@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: References: <28736514.post@talk.nabble.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i386-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: What's the difference between portupgrade and portmaster ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:34:37 -0000 On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 09:46:50 +0200 David DEMELIER wrote: > 2010/6/1 Eitan Adler : > The differences are that portupgrade use a database, it's written in > ruby while portmaster is only one shell script. That's why I really > prefere portmaster that also have zsh completion and is faster. Am I the only one to regard portmaster's lack of a failsafe install as a significant problem? All three tools will make a back-up of an installed package before deinstalling it and installing the new version. If this fails Portupgrade and portmanager will immediately restore the backup usually with no more disruption that a normal upgrade. Portmaster leaves you to restore the backup manually which is a minor hassle if you notice it immediately, a problem if you find out the hard way, and a potential nightmare if you miss it altogether.