From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 6 18:01:49 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 207271065673 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:01:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf1783@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-yi0-f54.google.com (mail-yi0-f54.google.com [209.85.218.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D29618FC08 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:01:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yie12 with SMTP id 12so1553096yie.13 for ; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:01:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:reply-to:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=1EI0hDRSkmtUVa6gyVJByZYxf2x5KT60Oy4hhuTBdic=; b=vZv9XVvbBg0X80nGabsyY2PFGzXmcMyHAkomnn/blI6VyLCHnJaGid5OaKvwBNNuRr 6bHIXptzYz6y0pQwkELVj5jtkeaSN+3QbbX8J4MyVJ7w5F2BPQJYEOb1eHKmXLlH6yP2 vyYufHqaAdpg38qByhdFZD6JbBi7GUj/ZBNyQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; b=wbYYcTtlUPHuWQJxzSNHTbbwRM6mCjs+wCfF6+9MlyEEGHll4i88QqmpfOHgMYcfpB xS9gQRKT8OXSNggA4pIYJHBSKFECzra4m2BbJT5caU+i8BkVTmJCJLiF8V+y5uIB2qH9 BK5GF9oYWdrSuqPO8vWPi+8EZ4CUYSh8y31rM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.236.108.10 with SMTP id p10mr1655012yhg.52.1299434508045; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:01:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.236.108.44 with HTTP; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 10:01:47 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:01:47 +0000 Message-ID: From: "b. f." To: ajtiM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: python27 update X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bf1783@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:01:49 -0000 >I am using portmaster all the time more or less without problems. >I like to switch to portupgrade but I don't know if is good to mix them. I >think I will wait to FreeBSD 9 and than install evrything from scratch. You would have encountered the problem that you mentioned regardless of whether you used portupgrade or portmaster, and the results would have been the same. It was a flaw in the ports tree itself, not in the updating tool. I think that portmaster is probably a better choice for most people, since it implements most if not all of the features that portupgrade does, the maintainer is more active, and it doesn't need ruby and bdb to work, or require extra databases. Mixing portupgrade and portmaster shouldn't cause any problems, as long as you take care to keep your portupgrade port and package databases up-to-date, but it probably isn't necessary to use both. Whatever you decide, I urge you to take a few minutes to read the manpage of your updating tool. It can save you a lot of time and frustration later. Also, if you want to avoid problems, after major changes to the ports tree, it is safer to wait for a few days before updating your own ports. Usually there are a few problems that are uncovered and fixed after major changes are made, and it takes a few days or a week for this to happen. b.