Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 09:15:21 -0553.75 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrating to FreeBSD from Debian Message-ID: <5665A13F.4070105@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <86poyiuynx.fsf@gmail.com> References: <CAO-kBwffucnPVphm_ajbtAejjFiAv_Cp%2Bv7jZ-xCTX7YTqk36w@mail.gmail.com> <86poyiuynx.fsf@gmail.com>
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On 12/07/15 08:28, Malcolm Matalka wrote: > Paul Stuffins <freebsd@ravexdata.com> 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" > _______________________________________________ > 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" > I hereby 2nd the motion on pkg, love it, use it almost exclusively (need libflash port, *nothing* else due to licensing issues). YMMV & all that rot, but give it a try. Usually *much* faster than recompiling everything from scratch, probably will work AOK unless you need/want some machine-specific optimizations. [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:15:16am] 716 % uname -a FreeBSD kabini1.local 9.3-RELEASE-p24 FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p24 #0: Sat Aug 22 01:54:44 UTC 2015 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:15:16am] 716 % -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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