From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 1 08:59:25 2009 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 B29F1106564A for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 08:59:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from mail.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 865E28FC0C for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 08:59:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from localhost (mail.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.101]) by mail.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D411FAFC1FE; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:59:24 -0900 (AKST) From: Mel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:59:24 -0900 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <49AA41F2.9060801@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <49AA41F2.9060801@a1poweruser.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200902282359.24584.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Cc: Fbsd1 Subject: Re: portmanager/portmaster like application for packages? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:59:25 -0000 On Saturday 28 February 2009 23:06:10 Fbsd1 wrote: > I am looking for software like portmanager/portmaster but works on the > package system instead of the port system. Is there such am application > available? Not (yet). Without /usr/ports it's impossible to find out what software needs updating, or you'd have to download and trust the INDEX-7 on the FreeBSD package servers. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part.