gnome-upgrade.sh

[Alistair]

Michael C. Shultz wrote:

>On Wednesday 09 November 2005 13:46, Paul T. Root wrote:
>  
>
>>This script is one of the most frustrating things ever
>>written.
>>
>>[Snip]
>>
>As an alternative to gnome-upgrade.sh you may want to consider
>using sysutils/portmanager, all you need do is run
>
>portmanager x11/gnome2
>
>It'll do the upgrade no problem, tested it twice now myself.
>
>-Mike
>
>  
>
Paul

This script was the source of my many frustrations.  On a dual-boot 
Gentoo Linux (production) and FreeBSD (new) server, the script ran 
night-after-night on a 2GHz P4 with no sign of completion.

I admit that my experience of FreeBSD is limited, but my BSD experience 
is sound and my Linux experience is extensive, but this one caught me out.

I think it really is a documentation problem.  As far as upgrading Gnome 
is concerned, the message I got from the web site was that just running 
the script was OK.  It should have said, run this script to update 
Gnome, but lots of functionaliity of your FreeBSD machine will be 
unusable while it runs and it might take many days to complete, even on 
a fast machine.

Also, documentation of portmanager is almost entirely lacking.  It is 
not (AFAICT) mentioned in the handbook at all.

I had such high hopes for FreeBSD 6 because earlier releases have been 
so nearly ideal for one machine I have that shamelessly functions as 
both a powerful 64-bit workstation and a file server.  However, my 
experience installing it on a 32-bit dual-boot-disc Gentoo Linux box has 
been unsatisfactory (at least partly, if not mainly, my fault) so I 
think I may do the safe thing and stick to Linux.

Regards
Alistair

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