Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:23:12 -0800 (PST) From: stheg olloydson <stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com> To: David.Bear@asu.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade overview Message-ID: <20050325222312.28169.qmail@web53903.mail.yahoo.com>
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it was said: >I've used portupgrade for a while without really knowing much >about it. I suppose thats a benefit. >However, when it comes to really controlling the portupgrade >processes, I find the man page of minimal use. > >Thats becuase the man pages seem to be written for someone who >already knows everything that portupgrade is doing, ie there >seems to be a lot of a priori knowledge expected of the reader. That's the unix way :) >I am hoping there is better documentation of portupgrade. >Something that specifies the reasons behind what it does -- why >some of the switches are necessary, how to hold back upgrade of >certain ports, how to only allow security updates to happen, >etc. > >Does any such document exist? Hello, Try this link: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html HTH, stheg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
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