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Date:      Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:11:39 +0100
From:      Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>
To:        Jos Chrispijn <ports@webrz.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Portmanager vs portupgrade
Message-ID:  <20140123131139.GQ2951@home.opsec.eu>
In-Reply-To: <52E0FE75.9010504@webrz.net>
References:  <52E0FE75.9010504@webrz.net>

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Hi!

>    I lately read more often that Portmaster is preferred about portupdate.
>    Can you tell me why this is? I know that portupdate is Ruby driven, but
>    furthermore I cannot detect the real advantages one above the other?

I use portupgrade to do daily rebuilds of ports on 8 reference hosts.

It's not perfect, but it does its job. If one port does not build,
portupgrade still builds those that do build. Which is nice 8-)

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pi@opsec.eu            +49 171 3101372                         6 years to go !



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