http://www.kerrywong.com/2007/06/05/freebsd-ports-upgrade-nightmare/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:13:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kerrywong.com/2007/06/05/freebsd-ports-upgrade-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Julian Noble Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:35:04 +0000 http://dimension/2007/06/05/freebsd-ports-upgrade-nightmare/#comment-4 I have to agree that in practice the FreeBSD ports system is a bit of a lottery. I've been using it for a few years - and by and large a portupgrade will go smoothly, but when it does go wrong it can indeed be a huge timewaster. In fairness, it's a difficult problem the ports system is trying to solve - no wonder it's a little fragile. I have to agree that in practice the FreeBSD ports system is a bit of a lottery.
I’ve been using it for a few years – and by and large a portupgrade will go smoothly, but when it does go wrong it can indeed be a huge timewaster. In fairness, it’s a difficult problem the ports system is trying to solve – no wonder it’s a little fragile.

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