Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 07:59:38 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports question .... Message-ID: <5400793A.4090702@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <540076CD.6000201@qeng-ho.org> References: <53FF8675.2070009@hiwaay.net> <20140828225153.GA8923@slackbox.erewhon.home> <54006B57.8070703@hiwaay.net> <54006DD8.9090200@qeng-ho.org> <54007189.8070807@hiwaay.net> <540076CD.6000201@qeng-ho.org>
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On 08/29/14 07:49, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 29/08/2014 13:26, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> >> On 08/29/14 07:11, Arthur Chance wrote: >>> On 29/08/2014 13:00, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >>>> >>>> On 08/28/14 17:51, Roland Smith wrote: >>>>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 02:43:49PM -0500, William A. Mahaffey III >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> .... How do I check to see if the ports collection has been updated >>>>>> ? I >>>>>> had some problems a week or so ago getting some stuff to compile. >>>>>> There >>>>>> were some later posts alluding to some ports being a bit stale >>>>>> .... If >>>>>> that was my problem, I'd like to update & try again .... >>>>> The http://www.freshports.org/ site gives a nice overview of recent >>>>> port >>>>> changes. It also lists the SVN revision. If you use subversion to >>>>> keep >>>>> your >>>>> ports tree up to date you can check the state of your ports tree >>>>> with; >>>>> >>>>> > svnlite log -r HEAD /usr/ports/ >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> r366459 | danilo | 2014-08-29 00:34:41 +0200 (Fri, 29 Aug >>>>> 2014) | >>>>> 2 lines >>>>> >>>>> - Update from 1.40.01 to 1.40.02 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> In this case my ports tree is at r366459. >>>>> >>>>> Generally I like to update my ports tree weekly. That *generally* >>>>> makes for >>>>> relatively small updates using svnlite (in the base system in FreeBSD >>>>> 10) and >>>>> ports-mgmt/portmaster; >>>>> >>>>> # svnlite /usr/ports >>>>> # less /usr/ports/UPDATING >>>>> # portmaster -ai >>>>> >>>>> Reading UPDATING is important! Sometimes updates need special >>>>> actions. >>>>> >>>>> Roland >>>> >>>> This sounds like it is very close to what I am looking for. I typed in >>>> the above command & the shell said command not found .... What pkg('s) >>>> do I need for svnlite support ? TIA .... >>> >>> It's in the base system: >>> >>> fileserver:3# which svnlite >>> /usr/bin/svnlite >>> >>> >> >> >> [root@kabini1, /etc, 7:26:08am] 334 % uname -a >> FreeBSD kabini1 9.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE #0 r268512: Thu Jul 10 >> 23:44:39 UTC 2014 root@snap.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC >> amd64 >> [root@kabini1, /etc, 7:26:13am] 335 % which svnlite >> svnlite: Command not found. >> [root@kabini1, /etc, 7:26:18am] 336 % > > Ah, I'm on 10.0-RELEASE and 10-STABLE. If you simply want to update > /usr/ports, why not use portsnap? It works well enough for me. > > If you specifically want a light version of svn, take look at the > net/svnup port. I started using that before svnlite turned up, and > still do out of habit. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I have been using portsnap, I just couldn't figure out how to get it to tell me what ports had been updated since I last fetched (w/o fetching again) .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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