From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 17 14:47:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28BD916A416 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:47:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.228]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9985243D58 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:47:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id t4so2004031wxc for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:47:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.33.10 with SMTP id g10mr13859245wxg; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:47:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net ( [67.189.184.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id h13sm1301190wxd.2006.10.17.07.47.05; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:47:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71EC7B81C; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:47:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (boss.seibercom.net [192.168.0.4]) (Authenticated sender: gerard@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D71A5B819; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:47:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:47:25 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Organization: Seibercom.NET In-Reply-To: References: X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20061017104115.B2E4.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.27 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: Installing and upgrading ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:47:09 -0000 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."