On Mon, 02 Oct 2017 09:44:26 -0700 "Chris H" <[email protected]> wrote
> On Mon, 2 Oct 2017 10:28:49 +0100 Matt Smith <[email protected]> wrote > > > On Oct 02 09:07, Carmel NY wrote: > > >On Sun, 1 Oct 2017 23:49:14 +0100, Matthew Seaman stated: > > > > > >>On 01/10/2017 11:34, Carmel NY wrote: > > >>> 1. Does it determine out-of-date update packages automatically or does > > >>> the user have to determine that what is out-of-date and feed them to > > >>> poudriere manually and in the proper order? > > >> > > >>Automatic. > > >> > > >>> 2. From what I have read, the user is required to install each package > > >>> manually. Is that correct? > > >> > > >>Poudriere builds a repository. You then have to type 'pkg upgrade' or > > >>'pkg install foo' to update your live system. Most people do not find > > >>this particularly taxing. > > > > > >From the "pkg-descr" file: > > > > > >poudriere is a tool primarily designed to test package production on > > >FreeBSD. However, most people will find it useful to bulk build ports > > >for FreeBSD. > > > > > >While it will undoubtedly work, it is still more complex than the average > > >desktop user requirers. Synth fits the bill nicely by being, for the most > > >part, easy to understand and run. I am already on my forth "ports > > >maintenance" program having used portmanager, portmaster, portupgrade and > > >now synth. At this point, I would almost rather switch to a new OS before > > >abandoning synth for something that IMHO is just overkill for the average > > >user. > > >Just my 2¢. > > > > > > > Of course if you did move to a different OS then the chances are you > > would be using a binary package repository and not compiling any > > software from source. So you wouldn't have any choice over the options > > that these packages were built with. > > > > If you are happy enough to do this then you may as well just abandon > > building ports on FreeBSD anyway and just use the pkg tool from the > > official FreeBSD repository. This is the easiest option surely. > > > > For what it's worth I've used both synth and poudriere and whilst > > poudriere is slightly heavier to use because of the requirement to > > create a build jail first, once that step has been done it's pretty much > > identical to using synth really. > > > > My workflow is simply this: > > > > poudriere ports -u (update the ports tree) > > poudriere bulk -j 11 -f pkglist (check for any updates and build any > > packages listed in the pkglist file) > > pkg upgrade (upgrade any upgraded packages) > > > > That's it. The same workflow on synth is: > > svn up /usr/ports > > synth build pkglist > > pkg upgrade > > > > Pretty similar if you ask me. OK you could use synth upgrade-system and > > do it in one command rather than two but then you're building everything > > on the host system and not a specific list. Also I like the extra pkg > > stage, it gives me a chance to see what pkg is about to do and abort it > > if it wants to do something insane. > I think you really made the point here, Matt; > IMHO It's really a Chocolate vs Vanilla, Broccoli vs Corn situation. > Both are fine; but not everyone is willing to have/choose either, and Ahem, s/either/both/g the above line should have read both, not either. sorry. :( > someone(TM) is going to have to step up, and ensure that *both* are > available, before both parties are going to be satisfied/happy. :) > > Just the way I see it (my .02¢) > > So. Has John paid the necessary penance yet? ;) ;) > > --Chris > > > > -- > > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
