Glad that you're not offended. As you correctly stated, my dislike for the pkg_* tools is probably without merit here and based on incorrect assumptions. I'll

Glad that you're not offended. As you correctly stated, my dislike for the pkg_* tools is probably without merit here and based on incorrect assumptions. I'll make sure to learn about the OpenBSD variants. The ports tree.. Well, that's what I'd like portshaker [1] for. Yes, you can do that manually, but it's a pain. Bumping ports: Same for FreeBSD, but unless OpenBSD has a much more responsive ports teams/mailing list, this won't usually work fast (I know, I'm extrapolating again). I have currently a meager list of four ports in my overlay that currently don't exist in FreeBSD or are outdated, but these exist for quite a while now ("weeks"). I try to be a good citizen and submit these things upstream, but I don't like to depend on someone having commit access. 1: http://www.manualpages.de/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-ports-9.0-RELEASE/man8/portshaker.8.html http://www.manualpages.de/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-ports-9.0-RELEASE/...