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Subject: Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years /
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On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 23:36:09 -0400
"Sean Cavanaugh" <Millenia2000@hotmail.com> wrote:


> This is the first time I ever actually downloaded all 3 CD's so i
> didn't know what I was getting into.  I had always just used the
> first CD for the initial install, then ports for everything else.
> Next time I will use the dvd.  Actually that would have been perfect
> as I got one of those unusual 550kB/s connections from ftp, lol.
> 
> But I decided this time to get as many packages as quickly as
> possible, then run portupgrade on them to get the latest versions.  

I think it might be easier to use pkg_add -r to get up-to-date 7-stable
packages