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Portupgrade on FreeBSD

Posted by michael on from the up-and-up dept.

BSD Forums writes "In her previous article, OnLamp's Dru Lavigne took a look at the built-in utilities that can be used to manage the FreeBSD ports collection. In this article, she'd like to continue in that vein. She takes a look at portupgrade, a feature-rich port designed to help you get the most out of the ports collection."

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  1. sense of humor by doiuf · · Score: 5, Funny
    Dru's written some excellent articles, and she manages to put in some humor as well. Keep up the good work :)
    "If you're ever asked to run pkgdb -F, do it. However, don't interrupt this command, or you'll end up with an inconsistent database. If you're ever in that unfortunate situation, this command will fix the inconsistencies:

    % pkgdb -fu

    That's a pretty easy switch combo to remember, as similar thoughts will probably be running through your head at the time."

  2. Re:But.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    always use the -P option:

    portupgrade -aRrPv

    I just click Windows Update, and click OK whenever prompted.

  3. Re:portupgrade is a port by Jellybob · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is there any reason you want XML support added, or is it just because everything should have XML support until the Next Big Thing comes along?