Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:34:53 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Luca Presotto <presotto@mail.cern.ch>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Could not find package - using ports Message-ID: <4ad871310812220734n4485fdfdj8cb816a6cba665ae@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081222162918.47577b53.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0812221545170.10740@lxplus231.cern.ch> <4ad871310812220720k26e0b02kaf7a6e4a5ea5137f@mail.gmail.com> <20081222162918.47577b53.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:20:24 -0500, "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> wrote: >> Portupgrade won't install packages -- it'll upgrade your ports using >> the ports tree. If you want the latest software, you need to compile >> using ports. Packages are built once, when the X.X-RELEASE comes out. >> Did you read the portupgrade man page? > > That's not entirely true. The portupgrade port installs a program > called portinstall. According to its manpage, portinstall can > -a- install from ports (compile), -b- install from packages > or -c- install from packages only (where it works similar to > pkg_add). > That's good to know. Last port* tool I used besides 'make' was portmaster -- that was a year and several broken ports ago. Needless to say, I manage them myself now. :) -- Glen Barber
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