Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:03:38 -0500 (EST) From: doug <doug@fledge.watson.org> To: "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1041228125628.90195C-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <200412251013.26800.reso3w83@verizon.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Does portmanager handle packages? If not any plans to do so? I would be happy to help with testing. On Sat, 25 Dec 2004, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > > Portupgrade has one serious flaw in my opinion and that is running > > > something like pkgdb -F damages the port installation database as > > > far as I'm concerned. It causes the data base to say ports were > > > built with dependency ports that they were never really built > > > with. Portmanager only addresses that one issue and for the > > > forseeable future that is where all the focus will be, only on > > > correctly updating ports. > >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.96.1041228125628.90195C-100000>