From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 26 23:40:51 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 376B1106564A for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:40:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from 172-17-197-151.globalsuite.net (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::36]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 133DC14ED54; Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:40:51 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4F4AC302.6030105@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:40:50 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120224 Thunderbird/10.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Royce Williams References: <4F49354C.1050803@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4F495B6E.1090604@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade -> portmaster Rosetta Stone? 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: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:40:51 -0000 On 02/25/2012 16:33, Royce Williams wrote: > I really did mean that I was looking for a Rosetta Stone Yes, I know what a Rosetta Stone is, so I understood what you were asking for. But there are (at least) 3 problems with that approach: 1. I never used portupgrade, so I couldn't answer those questions anyway. 2. By trying to "cheat" the learning process you miss out on the ability to challenge your own thinking about why and how you do things. And finally, 3. They are different tools, with different approaches, and not everything you did with portupgrade can (or often should) translate directly to something you can or should do with portmaster. Don't bother with the output of --help now, it is there only for a quick reference once you've learned something about how the program works. There is no substitute for *actually reading the man page.* If, instead of trying to find ways not to read it, you had spent the 10 or 20 minutes it should take you to *actually* read it, you'd be well on you way by now. :) Doug -- It's always a long day; 86400 doesn't fit into a short. Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/