From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 1 09:42:22 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A4A106567B for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 09:42:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.user@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6C088FC16 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 09:42:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws10 with SMTP id 10so2950108vws.13 for ; Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:42:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.107.227 with SMTP id c35mr4427272vcp.42.1275385340442; Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:42:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (c-67-189-160-65.hsd1.ny.comcast.net [67.189.160.65]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z17sm29387251vco.5.2010.06.01.02.42.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:42:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: FreeBSD.user@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3C9C7E54856 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 05:42:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 05:42:16 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100601054216.256514a3@scorpio> In-Reply-To: References: <28736514.post@talk.nabble.com> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: What's the difference between portupgrade and portmaster ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:42:22 -0000 On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:26:18 +0300 Eitan Adler articulated: > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:37 AM, zaxis wrote: > > > > Why do we need two tools ? > > > Its three. Add portmanager. > > The answer is personal choice and we number of bikesheds. > > Also portmaster used to not be able to work with packages when > portupgrade could. I use portmanager with the '-p' flag for when I absolutely, positively have to insure that all dependencies are updated correctly. Neither of the other two utilities seem to get it correct 100% of the time. Plus, portmanmager is written in 'C' and IMHO is quicker than the other two. Just my 2ยข. -- Jerry FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ INTOXICATED: When you feel sophisticated without being able to pronounce it.