Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 03:36:28 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: David Jackson <djackson452@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Still having trouble with package upgrades Message-ID: <20120308033628.GD50702@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAGy-%2Bi8HZMhq0Vubn6uuNhLmdCGgfJyg_e%2BmBfXxNPEwhMhFwg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGy-%2Bi-faTgPPFya8TD8rjkHG0=4E8S6Pvy2XiawXMru6z=pRQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAFKhKgpDqKxL_AbWp51FwG18btFuQ==EbA9iswDde-HukdZwfA@mail.gmail.com> <CAGy-%2Bi9vfG8Zn_xogdEbX0aHRxAdAd8PtPzxGv_X-6wFsA%2BMEg@mail.gmail.com> <20120308005143.2b0763c7.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAGy-%2Bi8HZMhq0Vubn6uuNhLmdCGgfJyg_e%2BmBfXxNPEwhMhFwg@mail.gmail.com>
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--W5WqUoFLvi1M7tJE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 10:04:35PM -0500, David Jackson wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: >=20 > > On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 12:05:37 -0500, David Jackson wrote: > > > > Many of your issues are non-issues, as your suggestions were > > > > implemented in some form long ago. For example, updated applicatio= ns > > > > are compiled and available online. You can use "pkg_add -r" to > > > > install the newest binary package that is available, or you can upd= ate > > > > your an installed application by updating the ports and using > > > > portupgrade, which has options to control whether you compile updat= es > > > > from source or install binary packages. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pkg-add -r does not seem to be an "upgrade all packages" sort of feat= ure > > I > > > am looking for. I have tried pkg-upgrade, portmaster, and portupgrade, > > all > > > of these do not work. > > > > The portupgrade -PP command should be fine, if your ports > > tree is up to date. > > > > > > > portupgrade -PP did not work for me, it gave me error messages about fail= ed > downloads. >=20 >=20 >=20 > > > > > I am working on getting the logs > > Work harder. Try script(1). Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --W5WqUoFLvi1M7tJE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk9YKTsACgkQHduKvUAgeK4rSQCfStS9/dafia+iB8nP2LgYzUZJ 5EEAoLrmGCmustvvLlRdT786sL3XDaFO =BtCF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --W5WqUoFLvi1M7tJE--
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