Re: "make update" question

Huub wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to update some packages (e.g. firefox) but all I know from the 
> user guide is do "make update". This way everything gets updated. Is 
> there a way to just upgrade 1 package and all dependancies? E.g. on 
> FreeBSD: "portupgrade -R firefox"? I know other utilities exist, but 
> those are branded as "not guaranteed to work".

Well, nothing is branded "guaranteed to work" :)

I recommend you take a look at pkgmanager 
(http://pkgsrc.se/wip/pkgmanager), which is in the wip category 
(http://pkgsrc-wip.sourceforge.net/).
It's a much smoother way of updating packages than "make update".