,--- Doug Barton (Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:14:54 -0700) ----* | It's really not appropriate to hijack the portupgrade thread for this, | so I'm starting a new subject. Also, please respect followups to | -ports.
[ Being an inexperienced poster: sorry. Am I using a good cc: list now? ] | Alex Goncharov wrote: | > 1. I see a significant difference in the time it takes to get the same | > information using the two tools: | As I understand it, portupgrade uses the INDEX file to determine | whether ports are up to date. Portmaster recurses through each | installed port and does 'make -V PKGVERSION'. | | > 2. It looks like there are no `portmaster' equivalents to | > `portupgrade' `-P' and `-PP' options, which I want to have. | If portupgrade does the job for you, keep using it. :) I have said | many times that I'm not looking to write a portupgrade replacement. | Use the right tool for the job(s) you have to do. `---------------------------------------------------------------* Thank you for `postmaster' -- I do like it and am not trying to criticize. Hoped that somebody knowledgeable would tell me how to use the available port management tools better, which you just did re: "versions", thanks. ,--- Miroslav Lachman (Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:36:58 +0200) ----* | You do not have to run portversion or portmaster or any other 3rd party | tool to check versions of installed ports. Use pkg_version which is | included in base system and then you are independent of port management | tools changes. | pkg_version (by default) do not use INDEX, but have option to use it and | then become clear winner (in speed): Thank you -- I didn't know that and am switching to "pkg_version -I" now!.. | As I had problems with portupgrade's handling of dependencies, I am | converted to portmaster. `---------------------------------------------------------------* I've also had enough problems with portupgrade's -R option and essentially stopped using it (the option). ,--- Marcin Wisnicki (Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:24:37 +0000 (UTC)) ----* | It's not even doing a good job at it, standard pkg_version significantly | outperforms it: `---------------------------------------------------------------* Well, I guess I'll make another, better informed attempt to switch to portmaster now. Thank you all who replied for the useful information! -- Alex -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
