Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:11:15 -0400 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading installed ports: time to do it ? Message-ID: <20090622161115.42506d67@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <4A3FE271.8080201@onetel.com> References: <200906212038.39370.meslists@yahoo.fr> <b79ecaef0906211307g7be0d5baob2b1cf279dac3c5b@mail.gmail.com> <4A3FE271.8080201@onetel.com>
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On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:58:41 +0100 Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> wrote: > I'll probably get flamed for this but since I've been using > ports-mgmt/portmanager I've almost forgotten > about /usr/ports/UPDATING and all that pkgdb -Fu stuff or whatever it > was. I've upgraded ports just by doing 'portmanager -u' over one or > two quite major changes and not had any problems that haven't been > down to an individual ports. > > I've never seen any reasons given for not using portmanager, just it > seems to be getting quietly deprecated, which is a shame because it > works supremely well. > > Having said that why not check out > http://freebsd-custom.wikidot.com/, the new binary ports upgrade > system and save yourself a bunch of compile time. > > Chris I use it myself, It "just works". I would also add "-p -l" to the command line. that way you have a log created if something does go wrong. It will also fix up any outdated dependencies. -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com Genealogy, n.: An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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