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From: hans@lambermont.dyndns.org (Hans Lambermont)
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Survey
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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