From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 6 20:43:45 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8416B1065673 for ; Fri, 6 May 2011 20:43:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FC1D8FC14 for ; Fri, 6 May 2011 20:43:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p46KhgM0032593; Fri, 6 May 2011 14:43:42 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id p46Khga0032590; Fri, 6 May 2011 14:43:42 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 14:43:42 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Antonio Olivares In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20110506190941.64bc8ee5.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 06 May 2011 14:43:42 -0600 (MDT) Cc: Polytropon , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Does running ``# portupgrade -arRp '' prompt for options or updates everything without prompts? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 20:43:45 -0000 On Fri, 6 May 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Antonio Olivares > > Sorry for TOP POSTING :(, but do I run > # portmaster -a -f -D > > and do an in place update of all ports? > is this the recommended way or nuking and rebuilding? After the attempt to install every port, I'd remove all, update the ports tree, and install only the needed ports. Right now you may have many installed that are not just unneeded but unwanted.