From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 6 00:29:01 2011 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 7B120106564A for ; Fri, 6 May 2011 00:29:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03A758FC0C for ; Fri, 6 May 2011 00:29:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so3313478bwz.13 for ; Thu, 05 May 2011 17:29:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=CUiws8gl5YjAaUMJKf7Avx5V1XGAjpWcjPXLkrmDk10=; b=whupHaqZ5RjIEMjm5OWINMQQqlCU9wCrf4uMoSTN7ywbiF/+GZ7V/Z1KTkfGytJAA6 1T0OC36njCIKXgzm1gG7JE4cZPzpZWP5N/pgxV+cYK8+ASGybxl3QihrzRcgJmS4P6fU MYTL9WDu1JSVFuxyQHD1UTK0t9UVTtQzcxcsk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=nx9zrGHREUJDD/KYMQYUN006bijsq2GN/oTIV9fgihlLYSNSypkzCPLsyCG2L5QRdF ietv9AK7wvuG4k0hahec01L7/WkON8E+XdeNCZ7ysOtpxWPhX39uOY+Gt38RFJkaHn3O ypN16oV8nzq3MjZHhEpxOHgVRi2pZjsx65Lvs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.20.66 with SMTP id e2mr383175bkb.141.1304641623751; Thu, 05 May 2011 17:27:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.169.65 with HTTP; Thu, 5 May 2011 17:27:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20110506013353.2e5ea29d.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 19:27:03 -0500 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: Chris Brennan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Polytropon , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Does running ``# portupgrade -arRp '' prompt for options or updates everything without prompts? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 00:29:01 -0000 > something to keep in mind .... portmaster does the same thing and all of > portupgrades switches work with portmaster, the only significant difference > is that portmaster will run through and prompt you for all of the 'make > config' options first and then go about it's business unattended from that > point on... it will test for a valid set of config options in all of it's > deps before it builds anything, so for something large like gnome, you might > sit there for a while answering config screens, but once it's done, it will > require no more interaction unless a make dies for some reason... > > -- >> A: Yes. >> >Q: Are you sure? >> >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >> >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? Now, another question. I was thinking about this. Should I have popped in a dvd and just used it to upgrade? Should I have run # make buildworld or some magical command(s) that will build the system against newer binaries and newer ports so that the system works better and optimized? I have limited experience using FreeBSD :(, have used it on and off since release 5.3 with KDE 3.4/3.5 series. I installed it and had dialup at home tried to get the ltmodem port working, but did not succeed :(, and I left it as pristine as it was. I also got a BSDLiveCD : by Scott Ullrich: http://livebsd.com/ \begin{quote} Inception LiveBSD was founded by Scott Ullrich and Chris Buechler in January 2004. It started its life as an open source project, modifying FreeSBIE scripts to build FreeBSD-based live CD's. A name was decided on, and the domain registered on February 28, 2004. The first LiveBSD Desktop CD was released at that time, a KDE desktop live CD based on FreeBSD 5.2, built using modified FreeSBIE scripts. \end{quote} I really liked it and used it at school. However the project died/was unsupported, it appears FreeSBIE has not had much love either. So far it has not prompted me for any configurations. Had done that for two/three days with the previous command: # portupgrade -af Then # freebsd-update install but the ports/packages were still for old 8.1 release :(, now I have updated ports tree with # portsnap fetch # portsnap extract and # portsnap install and running : # portupgrade -arRp I hope that it would finish soon. I don't know enough like I would like to. Sadly :( except for installing some ports [cd /usr/ports/editor/some-package/, make install clean] and the package would build after configuring some stuff :), but now the stuff was overwhelming :( and I would have preferred to learn a quick and not too painful way of updating :) But this is part of learning and I will take it in stride. It is building new documentation packages handbook for several languages some new packages and it is moving nicely :) Regards, Antonio