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authorAkinori MUSHA <knu@FreeBSD.org>2002-11-20 08:29:25 +0000
committerAkinori MUSHA <knu@FreeBSD.org>2002-11-20 08:29:25 +0000
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diff --git a/sysutils/portupgrade/pkg-comment b/sysutils/portupgrade/pkg-comment
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-Very powerful FreeBSD ports/packages upgrading tool and more
+FreeBSD ports/packages administration and management tool suite
diff --git a/sysutils/portupgrade/pkg-descr b/sysutils/portupgrade/pkg-descr
index f4dfba7df978..0c41ed3fdc1f 100644
--- a/sysutils/portupgrade/pkg-descr
+++ b/sysutils/portupgrade/pkg-descr
@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
Portupgrade is a tool to upgrade installed packages via ports or
-packages. It upgrades installed packages without reinstalling
-depending or dependent packages by directly updating the package
-registry database located under /var/db/pkg, while it can also trace
-dependency chains up and down to upgrade packages recursively.
+packages. You can upgrade installed packages without having to
+reinstall depending or dependent packages. It can automatically trace
+dependency chains up and down upgrading packages recursively.
This package also includes the following utilities:
portinstall: Helps you install new ports in a handy way.
-portcvsweb: Instantly browses change history via CVSweb.
-portversion: Replaces pkg_version(1), runs much faster and is
- cooperative with portupgrade(1).
+portcvsweb: Instantly lets you browse change history via CVSweb.
+portversion: Replaces pkg_version(1) and helps you upgrade packages
+ with portupgrade(1). (runs much faster)
portsclean: Cleans ports workdir's, unreferenced distfiles,
old and orphan shared libraries, and stale packages.
portsdb: Creates binary database from the ports INDEX.
ports_glob: Expands ports globs.
-pkg_deinstall: Wraps pkg_delete(1) and provides extra features.
+pkg_deinstall: Wraps pkg_delete(1) and provides additional features.
pkg_fetch: Fetches packages from a remote site.
pkg_glob: Expands package globs.
pkg_which: Checks which package a file came from quickly.
-pkgdb: Manipulate the package database and interactively
- fixes most problems in the /var/db/pkg registry.
+pkgdb: Manages and searches the package database.
Author: Akinori MUSHA <knu@FreeBSD.org>