Bug 217919 - Handbook: 23.2.3.2 expects 'portmaster' to be installed.
Summary: Handbook: 23.2.3.2 expects 'portmaster' to be installed.
Status: Closed Overcome By Events
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Books & Articles (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Many People
Assignee: Chris Rees
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Reported: 2017-03-19 14:49 UTC by eekee57@fastmail.fm
Modified: 2018-12-24 20:14 UTC (History)
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Description eekee57@fastmail.fm 2017-03-19 14:49:48 UTC 
Handbook section 23.2.3.2, Upgrading Packages After a Major Version Upgrade, tells the user to use the following command to upgrade ports after a major install, with no alternative given:
portmaster -af

On my 11.0-RELEASE-p8 installation, a fresh install with just a few packages added, portmaster doesn't exist. Should some portsnap command be there instead? portsnap is installed, and section 4.5 repeatedly gives examples of portsnap usage.

Section 23.2.3.2 is on this page:
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html

Perhaps related to bug #214679
Comment 1 Chris Rees freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-12-24 20:14:55 UTC 
Thank you for your report.  The docs now show pkg-static upgrade, which is the preferred option nowadays.  I agree that at the time this was submitted, more alternative options would have been helpful, so I'm sorry this was missed.