Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:11:23 +0100 From: Nadow <el.nadow@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 157, Issue 29 Message-ID: <bf79ce230611301011i32ba8f6dp3306f9b250697ae9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20061130172227.DCA5D16A57C@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20061130172227.DCA5D16A57C@hub.freebsd.org>
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> Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:12:10 +0000 > From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> > Subject: Re: Using Screen > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <200611301412.11118.fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Thursday 30 November 2006 01:27, Nadow wrote: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > On Wednesday 29 November 2006 17:22, Dan Sikorsky wrote: > > > Hey, I have a good question for you guys. > > > > > > Lets say, I started a job on a computer, if you must know, portmanager -u > > > , and then left... but I know its sitting there stuck on a config window > > > waiting for someone to press enter... > > > > Even easier, use portmaster. The first thing that do when installs a > > port is making recursive all the "make config" windows of the port and > > dependencies. After you have chosen the options of the last config > > menu, it will install all the stuff till the end without interruption > > (except error of course). > > Portmanager doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles, and it's by far the > slowest upgrade tool around. People who use it do so because it's the most > thorough tool around. By contrast portmaster uses a fairly minimalist > approach. > > Portmaster is a clear alternative to portupgrade, it's not really a > replacement for portmanager. > Well, portmanager is very good for emergency cases, when, for example, your pkgdb is a complete mess and other tools like portupgrade it won't work. In these moments I use portmanager -u which will check all the packages installed and their dependencies and reinstall what has been deleted or corrupted. Why it can do this? Because portmanager doesn't update the pkgdb before o after a package installation....So I use it for things that are broken, but for daily use y too slow IMO. Regards
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