From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jan 7 16: 7: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from pt-quorum.com (pt-quorum.com [209.10.167.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2AEA37B405 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:07:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from gw.tex.bogus (d179041.avr.PT.KPNQwest.net [193.126.179.41]) by pt-quorum.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7BA3ECD3 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 00:09:31 +0000 (WET) Received: by gw.tex.bogus (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A04EB5DFA; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 00:07:56 +0000 (WET) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 00:07:56 +0000 From: Nuno Teixeira To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade Utility Message-ID: <20020108000756.GE332@gw.tex.bogus> References: <3C38AFF2.5020708@unios.dhs.org> <20020106165913.J71102@hal9000.halplant.com> <20020107122158.R682@hobbes.oban.frmug.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020107122158.R682@hobbes.oban.frmug.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 12:21:58PM +0100, Olivier Tharan wrote: | * Andrew J Caines (20020106 16:59): | > Where would the typical new user first find out about portupgrade? | | In news postings or in mailing-lists ; not in docs or general articles | about FreeBSD. And not in the first week after having started with | the system. All the docs tell about using the Makefiles in /usr/ports, | but it would be easier to start with pkg_add -r (and recompile a new | version later if needed). | | > Would additional documentation be useful and if so, then where: | > sysinstall, *.TXT, /usr/share/doc, handbook or elsewhere? | | Handbook I think. | You're right, portupgrade does not really belong in base as it is a | ports-tool. | | olive | -- | Olivier Tharan | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message I start using portupgrade when I read freebsd FAQ and I found it here: "6.11. I updated the sources, now how do I update my installed ports?" I agree with you that more info should be located in handbook. Bye, -- Nuno Teixeira pt-quorum.com /* PGP Public Key: http://www.pt-quorum.com/pgp/nunoteixeira.asc Key fingerprint: 8C2C B364 D4DC 0C92 56F5 CE6F 8F07 720A 63A0 4FC7 */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message