Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:47:25 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing and upgrading ports Message-ID: <20061017104115.B2E4.GERARD@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <eh2je9$ed2$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <eh2je9$ed2$1@sea.gmane.org>
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On Tuesday October 17, 2006 at 08:47:27 (AM) Jonathan Arnold wrote: > I'm confused - what is sort of the consensus pick for "best" port > tool? Usually, I just cd /usr/ports/xxxx/yyyy and do a 'make install clean', > but I've also tried portmanager and portupgrade, but I'm not sure when to > prefer one to another. Should I stick with one? Will mixing & matching > confuse things? portupgrade seems to take a lot longer than portmanager. > And where does the pkgdb command fit in? You could always do a 'man pkgdb' to get information regarding that utility. As far as 'portmanager' vs portupgrade' go, I think that it really boils down to your own preference. I usually prefer 'portmanager'; however, I still use 'portupgrade' on occasion. There is no know problem that I am aware of that arises from using one and then the other on you system. If you really want to rebuild your system applications I feel that 'portmanager -f -u' probably does a more through job than 'portupgrade'; but again that is just my opinion. -- Gerard "It is not the OS's job to stop you from shooting your foot. If you so choose to do so, then it is OS's job to deliver Mr. Bullet to Mr Foot in the most efficient way it knows."
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