Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 16:52:12 +0200 From: hans@lambermont.dyndns.org (Hans Lambermont) To: Paul Allen <nospam@ugcs.caltech.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Survey Message-ID: <20060522145212.GA45694@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20060522061722.GA28128@groat.ugcs.caltech.edu> References: <4471361B.5060208@freebsd.org> <20060521231657.O6063@abigail.angeltread.org> <44714FBB.4000603@samsco.org> <20060522061722.GA28128@groat.ugcs.caltech.edu>
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Paul Allen wrote: ... > Some speculation: I've always thought portupgrade did the Wrong > Thing(tm) by consulting the dependency graph in /var/db. Better to > merely learn which packages were installed and then exclusively use > the port information... Well, a.o. portmaster tries just to do that. Have a look at sysutils/portmaster as an alternative to sysutils/portupgrade. I think follow-ups should go to the freebsd-ports list. regards, Hans Lambermont
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