Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:02:19 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, fbsd1@a1poweruser.com Subject: Re: portmanager/portmaster like application for packages? Message-ID: <49ab13fb.s7xXxGuXI7v/zFQ3%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <200902282359.24584.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> References: <49AA41F2.9060801@a1poweruser.com> <200902282359.24584.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
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Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> wrote: > On Saturday 28 February 2009 23:06:10 Fbsd1 wrote: > > I am looking for software like portmanager/portmaster but works > > on the package system instead of the port system. Is there such > > am application available? > > Not (yet). Without /usr/ports it's impossible to find out what > software needs updating, or you'd have to download and trust the > INDEX-7 on the FreeBSD package servers. ... which may not be much of a stretch for those who are prepared to download and trust the packages themselves, from the same place. portupgrade -PP manages somehow. BTW, the OP may not realize that "the package system" is a subset of "the port system", rather than an alternative. Packages are generated using the port system.
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