> Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 19:34:57 -0800 > From: Kent Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager ... > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Saturday 04 March 2006 19:20, Peter wrote: > > --- Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would like to know the difference between running: > > > > > > portupgrade -arR > > > > > > and > > > > > > portmanager -u > > > > > > Just curious is all, thanks. > > > > I have found portmanager to be more intelligent. When > > you run it it takes a look at all installed ports and > > then it decides what order to upgrade the ports and > > their dependencies. Portupgrade proceeds linearly and > > you may need to run it a few more times for everything > > to be upgraded. At least that's how I understand it. > > > > > But the -rR tells it to look at all of the dependancies and build them > if they need to be. In addition, if something depends on it, it will > also build them. > > I don't see any differance.
Further, the assertion by [EMAIL PROTECTED] that portupgrade requires multiple passes is just plain false. I upgrade over 230 ports on my laptop with one command. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"