Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:20:12 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading installed ports: time to do it ? Message-ID: <4A43CDEC.7050602@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <20090624015051.2ee23577@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <200906212038.39370.meslists@yahoo.fr> <b79ecaef0906211307g7be0d5baob2b1cf279dac3c5b@mail.gmail.com> <4A3FE271.8080201@onetel.com> <20090622214802.0761813e@gumby.homeunix.com> <4A414751.9090804@onetel.com> <20090624015051.2ee23577@gumby.homeunix.com>
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RW wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:21:21 +0100 > Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> wrote: > >> RW wrote: >>> On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:58:41 +0100 >>> Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I'll probably get flamed for this but since I've been using >>>> ports-mgmt/portmanager I've almost forgotten >>>> about /usr/ports/UPDATING and all that pkgdb -Fu stuff or whatever >>>> it was. I've upgraded ports just by doing 'portmanager -u' over >>>> one or two quite major changes and not had any problems that >>>> haven't been down to an individual ports. >>> You still need to read UPDATING, portmanager handles some of the >>> issues automatically, but not all. >> Not trolling but can you give me some examples? > > Many of of the entries aren't solely to do with guiding > portmaster/portupgrade through the upgrade, they may also involve > migrating configuration or user data, or performing other > administrative tasks. > > Portmanger does cope with most of the "portupgrade -o" and > "portupgrade -r" entries, although sometime it will need to be run (or > rerun) in pristine-mode. just curious, do you know this because you know how they all work or have you tried them. And how does portmaster fit in? Does it use the same 'leaf-nodes first' algorithm as portmanager? > > However, it doesn't always work correctly when software has been > repackaged because this can create temporary unrecorded conflicts > which are difficult for any tool to deal with. If you see any > instructions to remove packages before upgrading, it's prudent to follow > them. Thanks, I'll pay more attention. Maybe I got lucky in the past. Chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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