From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Dec 7 14:21:58 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0B389B7612 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 14:21:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmatalka@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22e.google.com (mail-wm0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FE9D1F2C for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 14:21:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmatalka@gmail.com) Received: by wmvv187 with SMTP id v187so168777601wmv.1 for ; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 06:21:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=8LKFAgMi+4z8z6uXGBbdZ/Qq8d34CpIszmITXGQpCAY=; b=Zc5S/x+RCHgF6BKRvOSrKHBjCS3lM0Yq44MhITfaaSSCWujS+EWift7DCzqUiLVvK3 hytd71+TupckZNMJ/Np6Sn14IUKyvrvaDzIkAbSI+qfyIHZu5bHbasYifxub2xnO9tc5 Y093DfzjC8L48DtSbpnS6HjFegRR2nnmovB/CbblJwhP2bGTMPq3KrgBD6XVPrYRSSiR VjJ5l8hj80yft6j3Mh/jkTpRi5iguAFXb0d+j+m9SRe2Yrul+L3SG+9YsZ0BzYS3jY2Y KPWBWYupRhCO4MolPPKPXvOwqNS70+VonGa4WiuMKW2roFNwy14jxPNHdBQE9//rtwvW uHGQ== X-Received: by 10.194.205.103 with SMTP id lf7mr32682930wjc.147.1449498116785; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 06:21:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (li195-236.members.linode.com. [178.79.139.236]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id da10sm25392743wjb.22.2015.12.07.06.21.55 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 07 Dec 2015 06:21:55 -0800 (PST) From: Malcolm Matalka To: Paul Stuffins Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrating to FreeBSD from Debian References: Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 14:21:54 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Paul Stuffins's message of "Mon, 7 Dec 2015 14:13:37 +0000") Message-ID: <86poyiuynx.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 14:21:58 -0000 Paul Stuffins writes: > Hi Everybody, > > Over the last couple of years I have tried many times to dump Debian and > move to FreeBSD, but every time I have succumbed to Debian's charms and not > stuck with FreeBSD. > > One of my main frustrations is upgrading installed ports, on Debian I just > need to run "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade", but I have never > been able to work out how to upgrade installed ports. > > As 2016 is fast approaching I want to finally move to FreeBSD and stay with > FreeBSD, so my question is, what is the best or most efficient way of > upgrading all ports on a FreeBSD machine? Use 'pkg' instead. pkg update and pkg upgrade > > Many Thanks > Paul > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"