Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager ...

2006-03-05 Thread Gerard Seibert
Peter wrote: > --- James Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 19:34:57 -0800 > > > From: Kent Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager ... > > > To: freebsd-questions@freebs

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager ...

2006-03-05 Thread Peter
--- James Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 19:34:57 -0800 > > From: Kent Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager ... > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Cc: Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager ...

2006-03-04 Thread James Long
> Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 19:34:57 -0800 > From: Kent Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager ... > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager ...

2006-03-04 Thread Kent Stewart
On Saturday 04 March 2006 19:20, Peter wrote: > --- Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would like to know the difference between running: > > > > portupgrade -arR > > > > and > > > > portmanager -u > > > > Just curious is all, thanks. > > I have found portmanager to be more intelligent.

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager ...

2006-03-04 Thread Peter
--- Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to know the difference between running: > > portupgrade -arR > > and > > portmanager -u > > Just curious is all, thanks. I have found portmanager to be more intelligent. When you run it it takes a look at all installed ports and then

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-29 Thread Francisco Reyes
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Jay O'Brien wrote: Francisco Reyes wrote: /usr/ports/sysutils/pkg_tree Interesting. Thanks! I wonder how that compares to portmanager. I have never used port manager, but pkg_tree only lets you see a tree of the ports. It doesn't help you manage them. I don't know if port mana

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-28 Thread Jay O'Brien
Alex de Kruijff wrote: > > You told your system to install portmanager and the ports that > it needs, but also all the ports that are based on it. Please > check 'man portupgrade' about the options. > Good point, That is a man page I hadn't thought to review. Thank you! Jay ___

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-28 Thread Jay O'Brien
Francisco Reyes wrote: > On Sun, 27 Mar 2005, Jay O'Brien wrote: > > >>Thanks for the heads up on 'make search', even if I can't find a complete >>description of the command. I find that it is referenced in the manual, >>however. > > > Also check out the port > /usr/ports/sysutils/pkg_tree >

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-28 Thread Alex de Kruijff
On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 06:20:00PM -0800, Jay O'Brien wrote: > Updating a computer, pkg_info reported I only had two packages, > cvsup-without-gui-16.1h and perl-5.8.5, both of which were out > of date as reported by pkg_version. > > I tried to install portmanager, but it was not able to get th

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-28 Thread Francisco Reyes
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005, Jay O'Brien wrote: Alec Berryman wrote: Thanks for the heads up on 'make search', even if I can't find a complete description of the command. I find that it is referenced in the manual, however. Also check out the port /usr/ports/sysutils/pkg_tree It's very usefull to see depen

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-28 Thread Jay O'Brien
Randy, Mike: Thanks for the explanation. I hadn't considered a dependency that goes away after the dependent port is built. Now it makes perfect sense. Jay ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/free

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-28 Thread Jay O'Brien
RW wrote: > make seach is documented in man ports It sure is! THANK YOU! Jay ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-28 Thread Michael C. Shultz
On Monday 28 March 2005 05:50 am, Randy Pratt wrote: > On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:49:11 -0800 > > Jay O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > > It would be nice if the ports make options were better > > > documented, but > > > > > > you can read through /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.p

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-28 Thread Michael C. Shultz
On Sunday 27 March 2005 11:49 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: > Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > It would be nice if the ports make options were better documented, > > but > > > > you can read through /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk and find information > > on the various options. > > > > here is an example: > > >

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-28 Thread Randy Pratt
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:49:11 -0800 Jay O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > > It would be nice if the ports make options were better documented, but > > you can read through /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk and find information > > on the various options. > > > > here is

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-28 Thread RW
On Monday 28 March 2005 06:41, Jay O'Brien wrote: > stheg olloydson wrote: > > Hello, > > > > They are recursive dependencies. Check each ports requirements. > > cvsup-without-gui depends on ezm3. ezm3 depends on gmake, > > gettext and libiconv. libiconv depends on libtool...and the foot > > bone's

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-27 Thread Jay O'Brien
Michael C. Shultz wrote: > It would be nice if the ports make options were better documented, but > you can read through /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk and find information > on the various options. > > here is an example: > > # all-depends-list > # - Show all directories w

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-27 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >But how does it work (/usr/ports/Makefile doesn't have a >SEARCH statement) and is it documented somewhere, like in a MAN >page? > >The handbook, ΒΆ4.3, mentions 'make search' but doesn't explain >how it works. > Hello, It uses /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk. I doubt the options in

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-27 Thread Abu Khaled
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:51:28 -0800, Michael C. Shultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 27 March 2005 09:41 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: > > stheg olloydson wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > They are recursive dependencies. Check each ports requirements. > > > cvsup-without-gui depends on ezm3. ezm3 d

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-27 Thread Michael C. Shultz
On Sunday 27 March 2005 09:41 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: > stheg olloydson wrote: > > Hello, > > > > They are recursive dependencies. Check each ports requirements. > > cvsup-without-gui depends on ezm3. ezm3 depends on gmake, > > gettext and libiconv. libiconv depends on libtool...and the foot > > bon

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-27 Thread Jay O'Brien
stheg olloydson wrote: > Hello, > > They are recursive dependencies. Check each ports requirements. > cvsup-without-gui depends on ezm3. ezm3 depends on gmake, > gettext and libiconv. libiconv depends on libtool...and the foot > bone's connected to the toe bone :). > > hth, > > stheg > stheg

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-27 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >>If you updated your soirces/ports "cvsup" then portupgrade did >>what you asked it to do. It Updated all outdated packages/ports >>and there dependencies. > >I'm convinced that you are right. However, why don't I show the >other dependencies? Hello, They are recursive dependenci

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-27 Thread Abu Khaled
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:27:17 -0800, Jay O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Abu Khaled wrote: > > > ezm3, gettext, gmake, libiconv, libtool are the build dependencies for > > cvsup-without-gui. > > > > # cd /usr/ports > > # make search name="cvsup-without-gui" > > > > Abu, I don't get that resul

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-27 Thread Jay O'Brien
Abu Khaled wrote: > ezm3, gettext, gmake, libiconv, libtool are the build dependencies for > cvsup-without-gui. > > # cd /usr/ports > # make search name="cvsup-without-gui" > Abu, I don't get that result. I only show ezm3-1.2. # cd /usr/ports # make search name="cvsup-without-gui" Port: c

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-27 Thread Abu Khaled
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:08:56 -0800, Jay O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alec Berryman wrote: > > > Jay O'Brien on 2005-03-27 18:20:00 -0800: > > > > > >>Now, pkg_info says I have 10 packages installed; added were ezm3, > >>gettext, gmake, libiconv, libtool, portupgrade,ruby and ruby18. If > >

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-27 Thread Jay O'Brien
Alec Berryman wrote: > Jay O'Brien on 2005-03-27 18:20:00 -0800: > > >>Now, pkg_info says I have 10 packages installed; added were ezm3, >>gettext, gmake, libiconv, libtool, portupgrade,ruby and ruby18. If >>these all required to make portupgrade or perl work, where is that >>reference? > >

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-27 Thread Alec Berryman
Jay O'Brien on 2005-03-27 18:20:00 -0800: > Now, pkg_info says I have 10 packages installed; added were ezm3, > gettext, gmake, libiconv, libtool, portupgrade,ruby and ruby18. If > these all required to make portupgrade or perl work, where is that > reference? They are required to build and ru

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2005-01-01 Thread Michael C. Shultz
On Saturday 01 January 2005 04:30 am, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > On 28 Dec Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > Portmanager only addresses that one issue and for the forseeable > > future that is where all the focus will be, only on correctly > > updating ports. > > Am I to understand correctly that portmana

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2005-01-01 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
On 28 Dec Michael C. Shultz wrote: > Portmanager only addresses that one issue and for the forseeable > future that is where all the focus will be, only on correctly updating > ports. Am I to understand correctly that portmanager _always_ updates ALL the old ports? A 'pormanager -u sylpheed' is n

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2004-12-28 Thread Michael C. Shultz
On Tuesday 28 December 2004 10:03 am, you wrote: > Does portmanager handle packages? If not any plans to do so? I would > be happy to help with testing. portmanager only handles packages in that it builds back up packages of each port it updates, these packages are correctly build for your speci

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2004-12-28 Thread doug
Does portmanager handle packages? If not any plans to do so? I would be happy to help with testing. On Sat, 25 Dec 2004, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > > Portupgrade has one serious flaw in my opinion and that is running > > > something like pkgdb -F damages the port installation database as > >

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2004-12-25 Thread Michael C. Shultz
On Saturday 25 December 2004 04:53 am, Peter Schuller wrote: > > Right now portmanager is upgrading kdelibs and I'm still using it. > > The only problem that might occur is between the > > deinstall/reinstall steps I'll be missing the libraries for about a > > minute, when this happens I just wait

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2004-12-25 Thread Peter Schuller
> Right now portmanager is upgrading kdelibs and I'm still using it. The > only problem that might occur is between the deinstall/reinstall steps > I'll be missing the libraries for about a minute, when this happens I > just wait untill its finished reinstalling then continue. > Here is a recap

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2004-12-24 Thread Michael C. Shultz
On Friday 24 December 2004 03:52 pm, Peter Schuller wrote: > > That is indeed the case with portmanager. Sometimes it is a waste > > of time to rebuild everthing when a dependency changes, and > > sometimes it is the right thing to do, portmanager assumes it is > > always the right thing to do. One

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2004-12-24 Thread Peter Schuller
> That is indeed the case with portmanager. Sometimes it is a waste > of time to rebuild everthing when a dependency changes, and sometimes > it is the right thing to do, portmanager assumes it is always the right > thing to do. One way this has proved to be a benefit is I've never > had to run th

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2004-12-24 Thread Michael C. Shultz
On Friday 24 December 2004 07:54 am, RW wrote: > On Friday 24 December 2004 07:38, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > On Thursday 23 December 2004 11:16 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: > > > Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > > > On Thursday 23 December 2004 10:01 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: > > > >>I'm running 5.3 RELEASE

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2004-12-24 Thread Joshua Lokken
On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:02:30 -0800, Jay O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RW wrote: > > > On Friday 24 December 2004 07:38, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > > >>On Thursday 23 December 2004 11:16 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: > >> > >>>Michael C. Shultz wrote: > >>> > On Thursday 23 December 2004 10:0

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2004-12-24 Thread Jay O'Brien
RW wrote: > On Friday 24 December 2004 07:38, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > >>On Thursday 23 December 2004 11:16 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: >> >>>Michael C. Shultz wrote: >>> On Thursday 23 December 2004 10:01 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: >I'm running 5.3 RELEASE and trying to learn. I did a port

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2004-12-24 Thread RW
On Friday 24 December 2004 07:38, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > On Thursday 23 December 2004 11:16 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: > > Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > > On Thursday 23 December 2004 10:01 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: > > >>I'm running 5.3 RELEASE and trying to learn. I did a ports cvsup. > > >>Following

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2004-12-23 Thread Michael C. Shultz
On Thursday 23 December 2004 11:16 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: > Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > On Thursday 23 December 2004 10:01 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: > >>I'm running 5.3 RELEASE and trying to learn. I did a ports cvsup. > >>Following the Dru Lavigne article on portupgrade at > >>http://www.onlamp.com/

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2004-12-23 Thread Jay O'Brien
Michael C. Shultz wrote: > On Thursday 23 December 2004 10:01 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: > >>I'm running 5.3 RELEASE and trying to learn. I did a ports cvsup. >>Following the Dru Lavigne article on portupgrade at >>http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=1 >>I installed po

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2004-12-23 Thread Michael C. Shultz
On Thursday 23 December 2004 10:01 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: > I'm running 5.3 RELEASE and trying to learn. I did a ports cvsup. > Following the Dru Lavigne article on portupgrade at > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=1 > I installed portupgrade and then ran portsdb

Re: portupgrade vs. portmanager

2004-12-23 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 10:01:58PM -0800, Jay O'Brien wrote: > I'm running 5.3 RELEASE and trying to learn. I did a ports cvsup. > Following the Dru Lavigne article on portupgrade at > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=1 > I installed portupgrade and then ran por