On Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:00:02 +0000, Thomas Mueller stated: >Excerpt from Jan Beich: > >> Why did portupgrade skip rebuilding print/harfbuzz-icu before building >> editors/libreoffice? The dependency trees of most desktop applications >> are so complex that the build falls apart if the upgrade tools aren't >> robust enough e.g., ignore MOVED or PORTREVISION bumps. > >> In short, this is a reminder portmaster/portupgrade are NOT supported. >> Users are on their own debugging such issues. > >What is the current status of portupgrade and portmaster? > >I haven't used portupgrade in some time, but what about portmaster? > >What is one officially supposed to use to build and upgrade packages from >source? > >Synth, poudriere, any others? > >Tom
Years ago, I was a strong supporter of "portmanager". It just worked when others failed. They when its support wained, I started using "portupgrade". I tried "portmaster", but it just failed way to often for my tastes. However, after updating to FreeBSD-11, I have used "synth" exclusively. It is fast, through and hasn't failed me yet. It took me a while to understand all of its nuances, like how to use a "make.conf" file with it; however, it was worth it. I would highly recommend it. -- Carmel _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"