Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:43:43 +1000 From: "Robert Backhaus" <robbak@robbak.com> To: "Adam Stroud" <adam.p.stroud@baesystems.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Utility for safe updating of ports in base system Message-ID: <d4499580704171543x755cfeebn96797cb501fc2d64@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4625128B.6020403@baesystems.com> References: <4625128B.6020403@baesystems.com>
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On 4/18/07, Adam Stroud <adam.p.stroud@baesystems.com> wrote: > > All: > > I was just on the FreeBSD "list of projects and ideas fot volunteers" > page and I was wondering if anyone was working on the "portupgrade in C" > utility. I would be willing to help (code/document/test) if it's needed. > > I think that some projects were started, but did not go very far. The current consensus is that portmaster, which is a collection of sh scripts, should be further developed and eventually committed to the base system. The developer of portmaster is one of those who does not really like that idea.
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