From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 21:40:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD0FA1065693 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 21:40:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lynx.ripe@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84F6E8FC0C for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 21:40:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywj3 with SMTP id 3so410838ywj.13 for ; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:40:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=uc0HnyLK3Hkl/ww436ej+NthjDjNXI3+CUQIUzpDD1o=; b=aNJ4bLsDAIix9MXzML9AQnldnJ19mxL+iYSV8Pn9E210TYyi65BblDEoE2hYIvv3EE K4MBrX8eNDeuZETMma15Mrxu6ft6EoltebhVSSwgZw4ogKKRxIMip1bzxkao+IbJ1bdr iY/j3q+0Hi99Hy02tEgrrcHuX14QAaEvMUWYI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=IW5ev6WkumxLrbljtjO+21VIoJdgUYC5LeIDb/5RTNXTdIQavd0jpmSnblkfVrnbcl 4iCK94Dy4ucQ21ExpUhwkCHNH+pdg4tIx3Cd6DCYW3GECruqXpArdmu+f/bocxBQVSGO lVdUydHec91mbYM320MvMN0yVcRrv2tvn3/Os= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.228.10 with SMTP id jc10mr5909389icb.421.1289338847160; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:40:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.146.82 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 13:40:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20101109193017.GA45046@wep4035.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> References: <4CD98299.9090809@FreeBSD.org> <20101109193017.GA45046@wep4035.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:40:47 +0200 Message-ID: From: Dmitry Pryanishnikov To: Alexey Shuvaev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-ports Subject: Re: Combining several upgrades using portmaster X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:40:48 -0000 Hello! 2010/11/9 Alexey Shuvaev : > In the case that you catch 2 or more sweeping updates it is very likely > that you are updating across rather large time interval (half of a year > or more). In this case I usually ignore all '-r' UPDATING entries and > do just portmaster -a. The idea is that almost all ports have got > updated in this large period of time too. I routinely use 'portmaster -a' on my workstation. OTOH for a server machine '-r gettext' and '-r png-' may be less disrupting: it won't touch ports for running server processes (e.g. squid or bind), and thus prevent service downtime during the upgrade. I prefer to upgrade ports for such a server processes only when absolutely necessary (e.g. when they become vulnerable), and not just on port version change (which will trigger an upgrade when using 'portmaster -a'). -- Sincerely, Dmitry nic-hdl: LYNX-RIPE