From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 3 11:32:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFFBA16A4DE for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 11:32:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.171]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAD0343D45 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 11:32:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so2467999uge for ; Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:32:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.95.20 with SMTP id x20mr3102017qbl; Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:32:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from seibercom.net ( [67.189.184.224]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 1sm3730903qbh.2006.08.03.04.32.26; Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:32:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (boss [192.168.0.4]) (Authenticated sender: gerard@seibercom.net) by seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D694EBE4E; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 07:32:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 07:32:28 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Organization: Seibercom In-Reply-To: References: X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20060803072812.D4CD.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.25 [en] Cc: jan gestre Subject: Re: portmanager question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:32:31 -0000 jan gestre wrote: > sorry for this newbie question, i've been upgrading my box using portupgrade > but recently i'm experiencing some wierd logs that can't be explained nor > solved but luckily my box does not appear to be broken, i have a question > though regarding portmanager, someone on this list recommended it in lieu of > portupgrade, are the following the correct procedure using portmanager?\ > > # cvsup -L 2 ports-supfile > # portmanager -u -l -ui > > or do i need to > > # portsdb -Uu > > before issuing > > # portmanager -u -l -ui No, you do not have to invoke 'portsdb' at all. Depending on how you want to refurbish your system, you might want to invoke either the -p or -f, but not both, flags. I never use the -ui flag. It just asks a lot of questions that I always reply yes to anyway. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net