Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:29:18 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: Luca Presotto <presotto@mail.cern.ch>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Could not find package - using ports Message-ID: <20081222162918.47577b53.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310812220720k26e0b02kaf7a6e4a5ea5137f@mail.gmail.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0812221545170.10740@lxplus231.cern.ch> <4ad871310812220720k26e0b02kaf7a6e4a5ea5137f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:20:24 -0500, "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> wrote: > Portupgrade won't install packages -- it'll upgrade your ports using > the ports tree. If you want the latest software, you need to compile > using ports. Packages are built once, when the X.X-RELEASE comes out. > Did you read the portupgrade man page? That's not entirely true. The portupgrade port installs a program called portinstall. According to its manpage, portinstall can -a- install from ports (compile), -b- install from packages or -c- install from packages only (where it works similar to pkg_add). Sidenote: Another fine tool is pkgdb -aF (comes with portupgrade port) to keep pkg_added packages and stuff installed by either portinstall or "manual" make install in synchronization. It's good to run this command before and after altering something on the installed packages. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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