portupgrade -> portmaster Rosetta Stone?

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Sat Feb 25 20:14:43 UTC 2012


On Sat, 25 Feb 2012, Matthew Seaman wrote:

> But all you really need to know is that for routine updates, first
> update your ports tree using portsnap or csup or banging two rocks
> together or whatever your favourite method is and then just run
> 'portmaster -a'  Answer anything it asks you, and then sit back and
> watch it go to work.

Update the ports tree, but then always look at /usr/ports/UPDATING 
before running portmaster (or portupgrade, or anything, really).


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