From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 26 03:50:34 2007 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 4C8F216A421 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:50:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAF0B13C461 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:50:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o4so513215uge for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:50:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=lvyC1wUrEyCxAsYDIeHPDvMjdJpHPHEd/iKBvCtaZ0FjNp6GbebWIFMdMTBfBCM6mSWlcH1dRErlQSaFQTeLnP3VrjZPS2by87xBsnFFZ1cRsxyk+uiDSgfDFnTwYsL/CLaOKLtYFhVO9WuFusw555MJXbqBDiF7BfQT7j/VWeA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=T+qb4F01+2Pupiql1aGLBcfcQkTyCo/OMalbtnC2bzpfn92Mh089xr5sxI89UPEAMs1g+Q35p88Ez1/QxfPL/Ls/JA33KVFxHpkflCBQksnW+L1j0Py9geRyV1rJU2tWX1kJChLQ6eJ1vsbgUqDzi9wboa7aPqtqaBp/ky9gNXU= Received: by 10.67.21.11 with SMTP id y11mr1849614ugi.1185420367237; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:26:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from monju-bosatsu.dreamtrack.dnsalias.com ( [86.18.88.217]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y37sm2689228iky.2007.07.25.20.26.04 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:26:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46A8144C.7010503@crackmonkey.us> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:26:04 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Miguel References: <46A7E417.5040800@123.com.sv> In-Reply-To: <46A7E417.5040800@123.com.sv> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Adam J Richardson Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: porteasy vs portupgrade 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: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:50:34 -0000 Miguel wrote: > Hi, i used to use portupgrade as using this instructions > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/11/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html > for doing all the port managing, what about porteasy, it is as good as > portupgrade? > i think porteasy is not as popular as portupgrade. > thanks Hi Miguel, I use portupgrade and portsnap, a combination which seems to work fine. The only thing that annoys me about portupgrade is that it's written in Ruby, and when it's time for an upgrade I always have to upgrade the Ruby compiler as well. Upgrading Ruby just takes forever on these old battered beige boxes. I have similar issues with Darcs and the Glasgow Haskell Compiler. Wish they could be ported to C++ or something. Oh well. One bit of advice I would do well to remember is: the first thing to do after /installing/ the ports tree is to /update/ the ports tree. I forgot one time and had to upgrade all my apps when I'd installed them. :/ Adam J Richardson