From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 19 08:45:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 596A316A4CE for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:45:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.cableone.net (scanmail3.cableone.net [24.116.0.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E559843D1F for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:45:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net (unverified [24.119.122.85]) by smail3.cableone.net (SurgeMail 1.9b) with ESMTP id 27848342 for multiple; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 01:30:38 -0700 Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 03:45:19 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: Travis Poppe Message-Id: <20040719034519.613b1d17@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <20040719002221.21b6b9a3@maya.liquidx.org> References: <20040719002221.21b6b9a3@maya.liquidx.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Our package system: "Fundamentally Flawed" - A Linux User. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:45:32 -0000 On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 00:22:21 -0600 Travis Poppe wrote: Not finished reading it but... I think you want portupgrade. With the -P switch, it will use packages when they are avialliable. With the -PP switch it all ways uses packages.