Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 01:40:57 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why there are so many binary packages missing? Message-ID: <20091202014057.45256da4@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <4B1572D7.60700@rawbw.com> References: <4B1572D7.60700@rawbw.com>
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On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:47:35 -0800 Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> wrote: > I am seeing this for a long time. If I use 'portupgrade > -aPP' (packages only) there is a very large percentage of packages > missing. Upgrading becomes many times faster when binary packages > available are available. Presumably it's due to version mismatches. If you are using release packages then portupgrade -aPP only works well with the ports tree snapshot on the install disk. If you are using STABLE packages then there's a lag between the port and the packages, the more frequently you update the less likely you are to get matching packages.help
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