From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 22 19:36:50 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8DC46CA1 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:36:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from filtteri1.pp.htv.fi (filtteri1.pp.htv.fi [213.243.153.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DBFCEDD for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:36:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by filtteri1.pp.htv.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6094F21B846 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 21:30:03 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at pp.htv.fi Received: from smtp5.welho.com ([213.243.153.39]) by localhost (filtteri1.pp.htv.fi [213.243.153.184]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wtBquUWvXmtx for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 21:29:58 +0200 (EET) Received: from zero.my.domain (84-253-212-51.bb.dnainternet.fi [84.253.212.51]) by smtp5.welho.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6848A5BC005 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 21:29:58 +0200 (EET) Received: from thunderbolt.my.domain (thunderbolt.my.domain [10.192.168.30]) by zero.my.domain (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s2MJTw1g041507 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 21:29:58 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ekarkkai@pp.htv.fi) Received: from thunderbolt.my.domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thunderbolt.my.domain (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s2MJTvCP015323 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 21:29:57 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ejk@thunderbolt.my.domain) Received: (from ejk@localhost) by thunderbolt.my.domain (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id s2MJTviM015322 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 21:29:57 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ejk) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 21:29:57 +0200 From: Esa Karkkainen To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reason 23 why we've moved to linux Message-ID: <20140322192957.GA30818@pp.htv.fi> Mail-Followup-To: Esa Karkkainen , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <53287821.4040209@freebsd.org> <5328A03A.3000305@freebsd.org> <532DD2EB.1080204@freebsd.org> <532DD64B.9000905@freebsd.org> <532DD978.3010502@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:36:50 -0000 On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 03:49:34AM +0900, Randy Bush wrote: > and i have two 9 systems where i try to use freebsd-update. also a > time-consuming rabbit hole leading nowhere pleasant. e.g. > > # freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.2-RELEASE-p3 Lose the "-p3", because freebsd-update will get you to the lastet patch level. If you don't like this behaviour, you can use svn. So: # freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.2-RELEASE Please remeber, all hardware sucks, all software sucks. If you think that some piece of HW, SW or FW does not suck, it is because you have "acclimated" yourself to that piece of, oops I'm starting to digress. FWIW, I've been using FreeBSD since 1.x times and at that time I cursed why ports would only work on 2.x, not on 1.x, because ports handed the depenedcy hell when compiling that piece of, aand I'm digressing again. -- "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." -- Douglas Adams 1952 - 2001