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Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 11:50:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: upgrading installed ports automatically
From: "nate" <freebsd@aphroland.org>
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<quote who="Brian T.Schellenberger">
>
> portupgrade -a
>
> does the port equivalent of
>
> make buildworld / make installworld
>
> Lots of people use it with great success, I think, but the one time I
> tried  it my ports database got messed up and I couldn't figure out how
> to fix it  and would up re-installing FreeBSD from scratch, so I
> recommend caution.
>

damn..scary. thanks. i'll look into it.

nate




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