Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 09:52:51 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Fafa Hafiz Krantz <fteg@london.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade + make_ports.sh: Fixing everything in one go Message-ID: <43358463.6030803@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <20050924141218.CE8F416415C@ws1-4.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20050924141218.CE8F416415C@ws1-4.us4.outblaze.com>
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Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote: > Hello! > > I thought I'd ask you all if my make_ports.sh is as convenient as I think > it is, or if it's totally off track or what not: > > # cat make_ports.sh > > cvsup -g -L 2 /etc/cvsupfile > cd /usr/ports > make fetchindex > portupgrade -raP > portsdb -uU > pkgdb -F > portsclean -CDLP Personally I broke my updating script into two stages. One updates the ports tree and generates a report on what's out of date (via port_version). The second stage runs a script that was generated by the first stage that actually does the portupgrade. This gives me a chance to review the updates and postpone any major ones (openoffice, KDE) until it's convenient. > As for "portupgrade -raP" I want it to only use packages since my system > is very slow, and recompiling all my ports is not an option. This command, > however, doesn't seem to work at all. > > I get a lot of: > > ** The command returned a non-zero exit status: 1 > ** Failed to fetch ... > > And it ends up compiling my ports instead ... > > I truly hope anyone can help. > Thanks! Which version of FreeBSD are you running? Seems that pre-compiled packages are only available for the latest release (5.4 right now). Later, Micah
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