it was said: >I've used portupgrade for a while without really knowing much >about it. I suppose thats a benefit.
>However, when it comes to really controlling the portupgrade >processes, I find the man page of minimal use. > >Thats becuase the man pages seem to be written for someone who >already knows everything that portupgrade is doing, ie there >seems to be a lot of a priori knowledge expected of the reader. That's the unix way :) >I am hoping there is better documentation of portupgrade. >Something that specifies the reasons behind what it does -- why >some of the switches are necessary, how to hold back upgrade of >certain ports, how to only allow security updates to happen, >etc. > >Does any such document exist? Hello, Try this link: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html HTH, stheg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
