From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 22 20:11:17 2009 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 B8F8D106566C for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:11:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp108.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp108.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.47]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 589178FC0C for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:11:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 50694 invoked from network); 22 Jun 2009 20:11:16 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Virus-Scanned; b=LQrpSnz73kZdV8PUn/PXjt8wQ2oYUiVAPj1hqoP6uqGFMgY4VX0KXFO8Yy9/o6lsnli3oQs3zZVUrnSlT3f66Y0FSQ4azgP10kbv1CUls0hbdwJw72wGE5sL8nd2pvZh0r0M0w+jlGuQTnnpRoW3tbR3+x5kqZADrJP3f4o0o60= ; Received: from c-76-23-177-172.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@76.23.177.172 with login) by smtp108.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Jun 2009 13:11:16 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: i4Ee2bIVM1kOqGlCJ1IIuwdgIz2o2Kk6mrxf.8Ekt13ZsndpTSjrxY.6JR0_okYy4E0bm97T9kNq5s8DKqjXKxV4wdI4r_VrN2xHe9rJ_65pVcO9IzGufBaXCXR9H61LcMKMuFRDZHX66luA9LaoKOJkX2EaooOOp_4cxle7kTHu6BWPahZ8n74Y7bTA.bG1nAiq9cfADPQjvmcMAELJGhFY4bM4ZdLYPatmjJnAKV2ru_iyJAhMxHJHlQG81ixLQsU98MMJ50lOhS8g27QwCsjZK26jj4Mu4F2Mlq2yPLMeu0I2Ht5mqCVoLwurz9i0DNe17WdmuMVKz07cJLZERg.GGbcyxizKAGqdjg-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: gesbbb) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2B14F229C7 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:11:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: gesbbb@yahoo.com) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id E30AC228D8 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:11:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:11:15 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090622161115.42506d67@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <4A3FE271.8080201@onetel.com> References: <200906212038.39370.meslists@yahoo.fr> <4A3FE271.8080201@onetel.com> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.2; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: upgrading installed ports: time to do it ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:11:18 -0000 On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:58:41 +0100 Chris Whitehouse 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"