Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:52:41 -0800 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with pkg_upgrade Message-ID: <874nwodjdy.fsf@oak.localnet> In-Reply-To: <CAGy-%2Bi-_e=qWZ-2=eCFM1oF-0uNd9jjAPJAAg7UHwZ7em1FUdA@mail.gmail.com> (David Jackson's message of "Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:14:24 -0500") References: <CAGy-%2Bi-_e=qWZ-2=eCFM1oF-0uNd9jjAPJAAg7UHwZ7em1FUdA@mail.gmail.com>
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David Jackson <djackson452@gmail.com> writes: > Since I wish to use packages instead of ports to update my system, someone > recommended I use pkg_upgrade. However, basically, it does not work. It > gets to downloaded packages. But, after 10 packages, it prints a message > "Protocol error" and then "Package x cannot be fetched", where x is the > name of the pavkage it stops at. I can restart pkg_upgrade, it downloads 10 > more packages where it stopped previously, but then gives this same message > again. Maybe the connection to the FTP server os being lost and code needs > to be added to automatically restart the FTP connection without the whole > thing crashing? > > I do think packages need to be better supported on FreeBSD, many users do > prefer to use packages due to speed and convenience and do not prefer to > build it all. it shouldnt be such a hassle I can't help directly with your problem, but both portupgrade and portmaster support packages. In both cases you can just supply the -P or -PP options to specify how to handle packages. I think they both require that the ports tree be present for the /usr/ports/INDEX file, but otherwise they can use just packages. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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