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From: stheg olloydson <stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com>
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it was said:

>I've used portupgrade for a while without really knowing much 
>about it. I suppose thats a benefit.

>However, when it comes to really controlling the portupgrade
>processes, I find the man page of minimal use.
>
>Thats becuase the man pages seem to be written for someone who
>already knows everything that portupgrade is doing, ie there
>seems to be a lot of a priori knowledge expected of the reader.

That's the unix way :)

>I am hoping there is better documentation of portupgrade. 
>Something that specifies the reasons behind what it does -- why
>some of the switches are necessary, how to hold back upgrade of
>certain ports, how to only allow security updates to happen,
>etc.
>
>Does any such document exist?


Hello,

Try this link:
 http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html

HTH,

stheg


		
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