Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 16:36:56 +0930 From: Adam Smith <adam@internode.com.au> To: Stephen Liu <satimis@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup vs portupgrade Message-ID: <20040607070656.GC862@internode.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20040607053433.16843.qmail@web40307.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040607053433.16843.qmail@web40307.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 01:34:33PM +0800, Stephen Liu said: > Hi folks, > > I am still not very clear on the function between > > # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile > > and > > # portupgrade -aRr > > I have following questions; > > 1) What will be their diffenece in function > > 2) If having run > > # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports-supfile > # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile > > Whether I still need to run > > # portupgrade -aRr Stephen, If you've installed the three files into /etc that I pointed out in the last message you sent (the three files are at http://www.bugman.cx/cvsup/) and changed the relevant cvsup hosts and global options in make.conf, you should be set. To upgrade my system completely, I usually run: # cd /usr/ports && make update && portupgrade -Oar If any of these commands fail (eg if make update fails) the command following it will not be executed. It's an easy way of upgdating the system in one go. Alternatively you can run them one by one if you wish. The 'make update' portion will update the ports tree (the software library/catalogue if you like) and the portupgrade portion of the command will start updating software from this tree. -- Adam Smith Internode : http://www.internode.on.net Phone : (08) 8228 2999 Dog for sale: Eats lots and is fond of children.
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