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Old 23rd June 2008
Redroar Redroar is offline
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I was wondering what is the best way to handle binary package upgrading...I know about portupgrade -P, and it sounds like exactly what I need. Except for the fact that everyone says that portupgrade is a nightmare.

I've just been spoiled by binary packages in Arch Linux and can't go back to the loooooong waits that come with compiling from source (this is on a pretty old machine).

Of course if something is newer in ports than in packages then I'd be willing to wait for it, (hence the attraction to portupgrade -P) but if the binary is as new as the source I'd really rather not have to deal with compiling.

Any suggestions?
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