On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Chris Brennan <xa...@xaerolimit.net>wrote:
> No need to specify the full path w/ portmaster ... just "portmaster > --no-confirm -D sysutils/tmux" is sufficient, portsnap is the best/easiest > way to get the latest snapshot of ports. No real reason not to unless your > using a custom ports or are maintaining your own ports and don't want them > clobbered. > There are a couple of reasons specifying the full path is more convenient: 1. tab-completions work 2. When dealing with system utilities like whereis(1), the full path is displayed making double-click+middle click give you correct cmd portmaster $FULL_PATH - $PORTSDIR is only useful for me in cases where I remember exactly where the port lives. -- Adam Vande More _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
