Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 09:26:51 -0400 From: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the art of pkgdb -F Message-ID: <20070407132651.GQ14829@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> In-Reply-To: <17931.14232.757720.812186@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20070328011712.GR11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <8cb6106e0703271834l9014bffp8f1d5e753f7ec108@mail.gmail.com> <8EEB22EE-7230-4EEC-BEFE-514EBE059992@goldmark.org> <460A9689.2010506@daleco.biz> <20070329003400.GV11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <460B3316.7080405@daleco.biz> <17931.14232.757720.812186@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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--U6leaJ20qZQc29iB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 28/03/07 Robert Huff said: > > But I bet I'm not the only one who, once upon a time, happened to > > try "portupgrade -arR" or equivalent after forgetting to read > > UPDATING and ended up with more to do than I originally thought. >=20 > Might as well paint "PLEASE KICK ME!" and an arrow pointing > down on your back .... I'm used to binary-package distributions that seem to try a lot harder to n= ot break. I suppose that ports is evolving, and it used to be worse, so I shouldn't complain. Still, if the handbook says to use portupgrade -R to upgrade a port, that's what BSD newbies like me are going to use. I'm just glad that portupgrade has a -n switch.=20 Mike --=20 Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein --U6leaJ20qZQc29iB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGF5waKGqCc1vIvggRAp5VAKDA+lhzypT8ekGJSOdYKXlMKnCZRwCgskxm wfEZ2QB5vzMBcVx1+l9gaCo= =CuGM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --U6leaJ20qZQc29iB--
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