From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 21 20:43:05 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 804C516A413 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:43:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6345913C4BD for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:43:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D88A41A000B2F for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:43:04 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at smtp.sd73.bc.ca Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id gTWwlvQ9QiCZ for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:42:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from coal (s10.sbo [192.168.0.10]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA8B21A000B3B for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:42:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Freddie Cash To: ports@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:42:55 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <46008EB2.1010807@gmx.net> <200703210913.32757.fcash@ocis.net> <46019083.7060800@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <46019083.7060800@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200703211342.55442.fcash@ocis.net> Cc: Subject: Re: Thank you for 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: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:43:05 -0000 On Wednesday 21 March 2007 01:07 pm, Sticky Bit wrote: > > Read the man pages for pkg_info, pkg_add, pkg_version, and > > pkg_delete, to see all the things you can do with the ports/packages > > system. Those, combined with portmaster, make for an excellent > > little ports toolkit. > > I am using FreeBSD for several years. I really know these tools very > well and I already know what I want. They are part of my daily usage. > So no help needed. ;-) > > Maybe you did not understand my intention. It is not a matter of what > can be done with other tools but what can be done with portmaster. It > was only a feature suggestion to improve portmaster not a request for > help. Hope that makes it clear ... Ah, but the Unix way is to use a handful of small single-purpose tools, not create swiss-army-knife-style tools that each try to do everything. :) Hence, why you should use pkg_add to install packages, pkg_info to get information on installed packages, pkg_version to see which installed packages have updates available, and portmaster to update installed packages. :) Personally, I'd prefer to have -L removed from portmaster completely. Or, at least the "search for updates" part of it. :D -- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net