Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 09:01:31 -0400 From: Janos Dohanics <web@3dresearch.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Updating /usr/ports Message-ID: <20210528090131.c77dc0007fc706bb91abe15c@3dresearch.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1sXbiogdGo2_1Nc4Cfoi61CR-M6zUTFsTpz8_SWj1_w_w@mail.gmail.com> References: <20210524124023.6372a3383876a1196cf81705@3dresearch.com> <CAN6yY1tjCCiSahAaVAnH2HAWuZCAw29ZEPrP2LerhEuFaK=8xw@mail.gmail.com> <20210526001153.e668d925df825e3486c5f7b9@3dresearch.com> <CAN6yY1sXbiogdGo2_1Nc4Cfoi61CR-M6zUTFsTpz8_SWj1_w_w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 27 May 2021 17:01:52 -0700 Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: > [...] > > > > Also, 'portsnap fetch' && 'portsnap update' did update the index. My > > reading of the Handbook was that 'git -C /usr/ports pull' alone gave > > the same result as 'portsnap fetch' && 'portsnap update'. > > > > > Also, the grep is not needed. 'pkg version -vl<" (or, "-vL=" to > > > catch orphaned ports) will do the same thing. Don't worry if you > > > are not using ports. pkg does exactly the same things for both > > > ports and packages except for actually building ports. I thought > > > that portversion was long gone. It's not on either v12 or 13 on > > > my systems. > > > > My bad habit, thank you for the reminder! > > > > -- > > Janos Dohanics > > > If you are trying to replace portsnap, I think the answer is > net/gitup. This only requires a single command, "gitup ports", and > you get your index updated along with updating all ports. I believe > that the plan is to put gitup into the base system fairly soon. I > have not looked at whether 14-current has gitup, yet. > > And, yes, it looks like the handbook needs some work as gitup is not > yet even mentioned. Like portsnap, gitup is for people who want to > maintain an up to date ports tree, but not good for developers. They > do need to use git and either generate the index or fetch it. > -- > Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer > E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com > PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 Thank you again. -- Janos Dohanics
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