Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 19:47:18 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r39642 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports Message-ID: <201210021947.q92JlIFO094893@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler (src,ports committer) Date: Tue Oct 2 19:47:18 2012 New Revision: 39642 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39642 Log: Remove portmanager as an option for upgrading ports. It does not support modern ports features such as MOVED, is lacking upstream and active contributions, and does not support pkgng. Approved by: bcr Approved by: jsa (maintainer) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Tue Oct 2 19:46:32 2012 (r39641) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Tue Oct 2 19:47:18 2012 (r39642) @@ -1340,48 +1340,6 @@ ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ For further information see &man.portupgrade.1;.</para> </sect3> - <sect3 id="portmanager"> - <title>Upgrading Ports Using Portmanager</title> - - <indexterm> - <primary>portmanager</primary> - </indexterm> - - <para><application>Portmanager</application> is another utility for - easy upgrading of installed ports. It is available from the - <filename role="package">ports-mgmt/portmanager</filename> - port:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd <filename class="directory">/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmanager</filename></userinput> -&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen> - - <para>All the installed ports can be upgraded using this simple - command:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portmanager -u</userinput></screen> - - <para>You can add the <option>-ui</option> flag to the above - command (<userinput>portmanager -u -ui</userinput>) to be - prompted for - confirmation of every step <application>Portmanager</application> - will perform. <application>Portmanager</application> can also be - used to install new ports on the system. Unlike the usual - <command>make <maketarget>install clean</maketarget></command> - command, it will upgrade all the dependencies prior to building and - installing the selected port.</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portmanager <replaceable>x11/gnome2</replaceable></userinput></screen> - - <para>If there are any problems regarding the dependencies for the - selected port, you can use <application>Portmanager</application> to - rebuild all of them in the correct order. Once finished, the - problematic port will be rebuilt too.</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portmanager <replaceable>graphics/gimp</replaceable> -f</userinput></screen> - - <para>For further information see &man.portmanager.1;.</para> - </sect3> - <sect3 id="portmaster"> <title>Upgrading Ports Using Portmaster</title>
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