Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:45:49 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: If I have portmanager, do I need portupgrade? Message-ID: <4234D0AD.5070004@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <932306becc748b381634aac3df646c87@chrononomicon.com> References: <20050313200543.B290F4BE6D@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> <200503131220.02607.ringworm01@gmail.com> <4234A4C5.2090109@cis.strath.ac.uk> <200503131246.03193.ringworm01@gmail.com> <932306becc748b381634aac3df646c87@chrononomicon.com>
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Bart Silverstrim wrote: > > Portmanager has made most of my updating a no-brainer, and I've been > thankful that Michael was fast to fix problems when I reported what > little I ran into. And this is on an in-use production server....I > trust it with the updates, so either it's a program that works very > well or I've been very lucky :-) > > I'd definitely recommend new users try using Portmanager for keeping > their ports up to date. It is simple and straightforward to use and > doesn't confuse newer users with details like manipulating the ports > index. It's just a "portmanager -u" and off it goes...check in once > in awhile to see how it's progressing and that's it. Makes updating > as simple as the process of installing a new port :-) > > -Bart Agreed - I to use it on a production boxen - and as Bart has said, either it's a great product or I have been lucky also. Best regards, Chris
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