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Date:      Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:41:11 -0800
From:      "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager
Message-ID:  <200412232241.11509.reso3w83@verizon.net>
In-Reply-To: <41CBB0D6.6080807@att.net>
References:  <41CBB0D6.6080807@att.net>

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On Thursday 23 December 2004 10:01 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote:
> I'm running 5.3 RELEASE and trying to learn. I did a ports cvsup.
> Following the Dru Lavigne article on portupgrade at
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=1
> I installed portupgrade and then ran portsdb -Uu. It errored out,
> telling me that I shouldn't use my "refuse" file that stopped the
> non- english docs and ports from being loaded on my HD.
>
> In trying to understand this issue, I found portmanager, and it looks
> like it would perform the same function as portupgrade.
>
> My questions: Is there a way around the "refuse" file prohibition,
> perhaps with portmanager? Does portmanager replace portupgrade?

portmanager doesn't require the INDEX files to keep ports up to date, so 
the refuse file is a non issue with it.

-Mike





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