Simon Ruderich <simon@ruderich.com> writes:
I think for "normal" users there is no difference and you are right, it would be better to use selfupdate. I should have used that in the mail, thanks for the hint; will do next time.
Oh I wasn't meaning to say you shouldn't tell people to use 'port sync', it was just my way of finding out why it is used.
Personally I use sync because it's faster and I can be sure my port command is not updated (which would cause some problems in my setup). But for casual users selfupdate is indeed better.
I see. Yeah that makes sense.
I think both should be documented (because undocumented features are not so good) but the selfupdate should be marked clearly as the better thing to do.
Yes I agree. I'll put it in as the lesser used option for those that want it the next chance I get. Thanks. Mark