ports manager vs. portupgrade

Gerard Seibert gerard at seibercom.net
Sat Oct 29 03:49:38 PDT 2005


On Friday, October 28, 2005 8:33:50 PM, "Elliot Finley" <efinleywork at efinley.com>
Subject: ports manager vs. portupgrade
Wrote these words of wisdom:

> pros and cons anyone?
> 
> I've always used portupgrade and it works pretty well, but I'm curious as to
> how ports manager compares.
> 
> Elliot
> 
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On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied:

This is only my own opinion, but I find it does a better, more complete
job, without the hassle of creating Indexes, etc. Portmanager does not
use the indexes that portupgrade does, and therefore is not hampered by
them if they become corrupt, etc.

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