Re: portsnap and portupgrade question

2010-05-27 Thread Coert
Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 27 May 2010 10:26:49 +0200, Coert wrote: I checked the man page, and the -PP option is indeed what I am looking for. The -PP option forces packages. Keep in mind that it *may* happen that there isn't a package for a specific port, or a package uses the default option

Re: portsnap and portupgrade question

2010-05-27 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 27 May 2010 10:26:49 +0200, Coert wrote: > I checked the man page, and the -PP option is indeed what I am looking for. The -PP option forces packages. Keep in mind that it *may* happen that there isn't a package for a specific port, or a package uses the default options of a port (see "ma

Re: portsnap and portupgrade question

2010-05-27 Thread Coert
Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 27 May 2010 08:23:58 +0200, Coert wrote: First I completed the freebsd-update Then I ran portupgrade -av Then I ran portsnap. It's a bit confusing to me. Why do you first update your installed ports, then the ports database? I would thing it would make more sense in

Re: portsnap and portupgrade question

2010-05-26 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 27 May 2010 08:23:58 +0200, Coert wrote: > First I completed the freebsd-update > Then I ran portupgrade -av > Then I ran portsnap. It's a bit confusing to me. Why do you first update your installed ports, then the ports database? I would thing it would make more sense in reverse order, i

portsnap and portupgrade question

2010-05-26 Thread Coert
Hello all, Thanks for the awesome OS! I am a Linux user and I just started using FreeBSD. It is awesome, and the Handbook as well! I am following Chapter 24 of the Handbook to update my system. First I completed the freebsd-update Then I ran portupgrade -av Then I ran portsnap. When I decide