> Many of your issues are non-issues, as your suggestions were
> implemented in some form long ago. For example, updated applications
> are compiled and available online. You can use "pkg_add -r" to
> install the newest binary package that is available, or you can update
> your an installed application by updating the ports and using
> portupgrade, which has options to control whether you compile updates
> from source or install binary packages.
>
>
pkg-add -r does not seem to be an "upgrade all packages" sort of feature I
am looking for. I have tried pkg-upgrade, portmaster, and portupgrade, all
of these do not work. I am working on getting the logs