Re: Freebsd 6 is released:

On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Mac Mason wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 08:25:48AM -0900, Matthew Schumacher wrote:

>> I also see that it supports packages which I need since I compile my own
>> packages and use them to distribute software, but I don't see anything
>> about upgrading packages.
>
> Look into the "portupgrade" command; it's my understanding that it
> knows how to do package-based upgrades, in addition to ports-based
> upgrades.

I'll second the portupgrade recommendation--I've used it many times with
great success.

Mike
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Received on Fri Nov 4 11:11:49 2005