Jason C. Wells wrote:
I don't.
It's too much work. I don't update ports for the duration of a major
release's life. What ever ports came out for 6.3 (that's when I quit
trying to manage ports) are typically what I am running. When 7.1 is
released (I don't run x.0 releases) I will reinstall ports based on a
homegrown script and a couple text files.
My response is brief but I'll tell you I have tried everything. There
was much suffering that went into my ports management method. I'm much
happier now. I spend more time using my computers and less time
maintaining them.
The problem is non-trivial. I am curious how -ports folks maintain
their sanity. That's a phenomena worth studying.
Regards,
Jason
I suppose this is relative to the number of ports installed, but it
really isnt that difficult under normal circumstances. If you have one
that needs to be treated differently, then ask why does it indeed to be
treated differently and is it worth it. Over the last few years, I have
had very few problems where portsnap followed by portupgrade didn't
work. The dependency problems are the toughest, the last one of those
I had I fixed with portmanager. For me, a goal worth pursuing is to
make it easier, so you don't need to be a longterm user to figure out
how to easily update system and/or ports, it should be a little easier
AND apparent; even Microsoft and Redhat tell you when there are updates
to be applied.
Brian
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