Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:37:10 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@gnix.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade status Message-ID: <AANLkTimngzkkfbFnego5MP50xHLS0NHvnL9to0V3pQTT@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110103225455.GA37597@daemon.gnix.co.uk> References: <14212432ba707fc5f9fbc75b56e8e783@flabnapple.net> <20101226214221.GB68570@stainmore> <AANLkTi=bD60UiybsaioHwEDgsXAQpAeJ6VuPiDvSZ%2B0P@mail.gmail.com> <86pqsogfvu.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <4D186D11.1030708@infracaninophile.co.uk> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1012271354470.35608@fledge.watson.org> <20110103225455.GA37597@daemon.gnix.co.uk>
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On 3 January 2011 17:54, Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@gnix.co.uk> wrote: > so can i just ask, is portmaster or another port upgrading tool recommended over portupgrade now because i'm going to be upgrading all my ports soon and in the 18 months i've been using FreeBSD i've always used portupgrade but sounds like it's best to change now. > > jamie Unless you particularly despise some aspect or feature of portupgrade, I can see little point in switching. Portmaster has the advantage of not requiring ruby or an external database, but the disadvan- tage of not having an equivalent of # portupgrade -Rf (at least last time I used it) -- --help
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