On Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:38:36 +0000 Carmel NY <carmel...@outlook.com> wrote
> 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. FWIW I loved portmaster, but quickly found that by choosing it, I was *instantly* at odds with a large majority of the FreeBSD crowd. Eventually, I experimented with other choices, and finally landed on ports-mgmt/synth, and never looked back. Like Carmel, I found some aspects un-intuitive. But after figuring them out. I was hooked. John Marino did a wonderful job on this, and is very helpful. --Chris > > > -- > 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" _______________________________________________ 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"