Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:16:44 -0500 From: Peter Clark <clarkp@mtmary.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating Ports Message-ID: <471786EC.3040803@mtmary.edu> In-Reply-To: <18199.32078.807531.40747@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <471773D8.80503@mtmary.edu> <18199.32078.807531.40747@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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Robert Huff wrote: > Peter Clark writes: > >> Is there a "better" (I realize everything is relative) option >> when looking at portupgrade vs portmanager? From what I am >> reading it seems that portmanager will upgrade and reinstall a >> port and all it's dependencies no matter if the dependency needs >> it or not and portupgrade will only do the port specified (unless >> certain flags are present to do all depend). I am using FreeBSD >> 6.2-p7. > > Ca you describe the behavior you would like to see? > > > Robert Huff Now that I have reread what I wrote, it seems a bit unclear. I have not used either service before. Seeing as I am looking at using this in production server environment I would not look at frequently making changes as one might in a desktop application. I am looking for an elegant way to update ports when it is required to. Are there more concerns about one updater over the other? Maybe this is a moot point. If you installed a port with some additional config args can you either supply them the upgrade program or can it be reread from the previous install somehow? I really am just trying to find a relatively simple way to make sure that a port gets upgraded and that I do not lose any of it dependencies in the process. Thanks, Peter
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