portupgrade overview
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. 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? -- David Bear phone: 480-965-8257 fax:480-965-9189 College of Public Programs/ASU Wilson Hall 232 Tempe, AZ 85287-0803 Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: portupgrade overview
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]
