on 23/04/2008 01:37 Pav Lucistnik said the following: > Andriy Gapon píše v út 22. 04. 2008 v 22:41 +0300: >> Sorry if this is something obvious or a FAQ. >> >> Is there a tool for purely package-based management of third-party software? >> That is, something that meets the following criteria: >> 1. doesn't require ports tree >> 2. works similarly to package installation in FreeBSD installer >> 3. can properly handle upgrading packages (including dependencies) >> 4. can check remote package repositories and, based on timestamp or >> INDEX, can find new versions for installed packages >> 5. can verify that all dependencies would be met before downloading all >> packages in full (e.g. based on INDEX data or can download initial >> blocks of packages, so that package metadata could be extracted and >> examined). > > portupgrade should be able to do 1-4, I don't know if 5 too. >
BTW, strange thing: $ portupgrade -a -PP ... ** Port marked as IGNORE: devel/linux_kdump: does not build with the default linux base, use the package instead What's this about? :-) I do say to use packages only. -- Andriy Gapon _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"