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Subject: Re: What's the difference between portupgrade and portmaster ?
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On Mon, 31 May 2010, zaxis wrote:

>
> Why do we need two tools ?
>
Actually there are at least three. Add portmanager to the mix. Its the same 
reason there is more than one text editor. I use portmaster and portmanager 
depending on what I want to do. Its mostly personal choice.