Re: Problems with pkg_upgrade

2011-12-26 Thread RW
On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:56:45 -0500 David Jackson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 9:43 AM, RW > wrote: > > > On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:14:24 -0500 > > David Jackson wrote: > > > > > > > I do think packages need to be better supported on FreeBSD, many > > > users do prefer to use packages due to spe

Re: Problems with pkg_upgrade

2011-12-26 Thread David Jackson
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 9:43 AM, RW wrote: > On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:14:24 -0500 > David Jackson wrote: > > > > I do think packages need to be better supported on FreeBSD, many > > users do prefer to use packages due to speed and convenience and do > > not prefer to build it all. it shouldnt be su

Re: Problems with pkg_upgrade

2011-12-26 Thread RW
On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:14:24 -0500 David Jackson wrote: > I do think packages need to be better supported on FreeBSD, many > users do prefer to use packages due to speed and convenience and do > not prefer to build it all. it shouldnt be such a hassle If you want to use packages I would suggest

Re: Problems with pkg_upgrade

2011-12-26 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:05:16 -0500, David Jackson wrote: > The fact is, I have had problems with portupgrade as well, in fact, > portupgrade would give errors as well with not being able to download > packages, the entire upgrade process at that point would fail. That is the > reason I am trying pk

Re: Problems with pkg_upgrade

2011-12-25 Thread David Jackson
On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Carl Johnson wrote: > David Jackson writes: > > > Since I wish to use packages instead of ports to update my system, > someone > > recommended I use pkg_upgrade. However, basically, it does not work. It > > gets to downloaded packages. But, after 10 packages, it

Re: Problems with pkg_upgrade

2011-12-25 Thread Carl Johnson
David Jackson writes: > Since I wish to use packages instead of ports to update my system, someone > recommended I use pkg_upgrade. However, basically, it does not work. It > gets to downloaded packages. But, after 10 packages, it prints a message > "Protocol error" and then "Package x cannot be

Problems with pkg_upgrade

2011-12-25 Thread David Jackson
Since I wish to use packages instead of ports to update my system, someone recommended I use pkg_upgrade. However, basically, it does not work. It gets to downloaded packages. But, after 10 packages, it prints a message "Protocol error" and then "Package x cannot be fetched", where x is the name of