Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:06:44 +0100 From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> To: FreeBSD Stable Users <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Will 5.4 be an "Extended Life" release? Message-ID: <20050418190644.GU46106@eris.tenfour> In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20050418112233.059694d0@localhost> References: <426310A0.7060906@freebsd.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050417202031.0490ad98@localhost> <4263280B.3010601@freebsd.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418020749.05761298@localhost> <002b01c5442c$d4a1caf0$9b00030a@officescape.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418094749.057187f0@localhost> <007c01c5442f$c9a36ed0$9b00030a@officescape.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418105722.05c08490@localhost> <011701c5443a$fbdfb060$9b00030a@officescape.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418112233.059694d0@localhost>
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* Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> [0428 18:28]: > At 11:20 AM 4/18/2005, Steve Ames wrote: > > >Ah. Packages and /stand/sysinstall. Yeah. I haven't installed a package from > >sysinstall in YEARS so I probably wouldn't have noticed that. Getting > >security updates for packages using sysinstall is a total lose. cvsup and > >portupgrade are my tools of choice... > > I've never gotten portupgrade to work properly. CVS works, but is problematic > in that when you upgrade all of your ports and then decide to deinstall one, > the deinstall sometimes fails because of the upgrade! I like the ports > system, but it really is rough around the edges. What problems did you have with it? All the grief with 'x depends on y and z, z needs i' and all that rubbish go away with portupgrade in my experience - I tend to hook openldap into everything, and that gets upgraded fairly regularly. On netbsd it takes an afternoon to clean up the mess - portupgrade was a big reason for me to give freebsd another go, just because of how it simplifies package management... -- 'The old 'give em a Linux box and they think they're Jean-Luc Picard' syndrome.' -- Pete Bentley Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
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