On Wednesday 21 March 2007 01:07 pm, Sticky Bit wrote: > > Read the man pages for pkg_info, pkg_add, pkg_version, and > > pkg_delete, to see all the things you can do with the ports/packages > > system. Those, combined with portmaster, make for an excellent > > little ports toolkit. > > I am using FreeBSD for several years. I really know these tools very > well and I already know what I want. They are part of my daily usage. > So no help needed. ;-) > > Maybe you did not understand my intention. It is not a matter of what > can be done with other tools but what can be done with portmaster. It > was only a feature suggestion to improve portmaster not a request for > help. Hope that makes it clear ...
Ah, but the Unix way is to use a handful of small single-purpose tools, not create swiss-army-knife-style tools that each try to do everything. :) Hence, why you should use pkg_add to install packages, pkg_info to get information on installed packages, pkg_version to see which installed packages have updates available, and portmaster to update installed packages. :) Personally, I'd prefer to have -L removed from portmaster completely. Or, at least the "search for updates" part of it. :D -- Freddie Cash [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
