Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:58:35 +0100 From: Adam J Richardson <fatman@crackmonkey.us> To: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/ports & portupgrade when only using packages Message-ID: <46E31B0B.5070802@crackmonkey.us> In-Reply-To: <200709052055.04414.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> References: <46DECE7F.3000909@fid4.com> <46DEF6D0.8010108@crackmonkey.us> <200709052055.04414.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
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Mel wrote: > On Wednesday 05 September 2007 20:34:56 Adam J Richardson wrote: > >> Well, that's easy... >> >> # rm -R /usr/ports >> >> Saves you a load of disk space, too. The only downside is you get >> slightly older versions of software with packages. >> >> Oh, and don't use portsnap, it'll undo that "rm -R" for you. Using >> "portupgrade -PP" works perfectly well on those rare occasions when I >> want to install a package rather than a port. > > I'm really interested in seeing the output of portupgrade -PP after > rm -R /usr/ports && mkdir /usr/ports. Yes, that might be interesting. I've never tried it. I wonder though, is portupgrade the tool for this? Would not "pkg_add -r whatever" be more appropriate? HtH, Adam J Richardson
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