On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:19:47 -0500 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Obviously, as I am not about to batter you > about the neck and head with the beam projecting > from my eye (hold still, you've got a . . .), > I can only suggest a decent cringe&pray > manouver (as I execute from time to time), > and a stout attempt to wean oneself off, > albeit > % portupgrade -fr blorf* > is quite seductive, nearly doubly so when > blorf* is actually gettext.arg.bah. > > ports-mgmt/portmaster disposes with the > hairy databases and leering dependancies > at the cost of being slightly less . . . err, come > to think of it, after a bit of man page perusal > I cannot think of anything that I use portupgrade > for that portmaster seems to be missing. YMMV > as usual. > The gettext upgrade is actually a good example of what portupgrade offers. With portupgrade the -rf option is advisable, but not essential, with portmaster, it's essential that the -r option is used, If it's not, or the upgrade fails to complete, you can end-up with not much more than the base-system working. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"