portupgrade vs. portmanager

[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 portupgrade and then ran portsdb -Uu. It errored out,
>>telling me that I shouldn't use my "refuse" file that stopped the
>>non- english docs and ports from being loaded on my HD.
>>
>>In trying to understand this issue, I found portmanager, and it looks
>>like it would perform the same function as portupgrade.
>>
>>My questions: Is there a way around the "refuse" file prohibition,
>>perhaps with portmanager? Does portmanager replace portupgrade?
> 
> 
> portmanager doesn't require the INDEX files to keep ports up to date, so 
> the refuse file is a non issue with it.
> 
> -Mike
> 

Sounds good. What's the downside, if any, to using portmanager instead 
of portupgrade?

Jay