From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 3 6:43:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smnolde.com (rr-163-52-193.atl.mediaone.net [24.163.52.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E3937B403 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 06:43:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott@smnolde.com) Received: from bsd.smnolde.com ([192.168.10.7] helo=bsd) by smnolde.com with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15SfEY-0006Iw-00; Fri, 03 Aug 2001 09:43:22 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:43:40 -0400 (EDT) From: To: Rob Carmichael Cc: Subject: RE: keeping ports updated ... In-Reply-To: <01C11C1F.893B18C0.robc@globalvc.co.uk> Message-ID: <20010803093934.D62261-100000@bsd.smnolde.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Rob Carmichael wrote: >On Friday, August 03, 2001 1:07 PM, scott@smnolde.com >[SMTP:scott@smnolde.com] wrote: >> On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Rob Carmichael wrote: >> >> >Hello Questions, >> > >> >I have been using the ports system for a few years now but i feel i a >> >missing something. Basically i install something and use it for a while >> >and >> >then when a newer version comes out i uninstall it and then reinstall >> >it >> >from the updated ports directory. >> >Is there an easier way of keeping installed ports up to date ? I mean, >> >can >> >the files be kept up to date with CVS or do i have to uninstall the >> >program >> >everytime from my constantly updating ports directory ? >> > >> >regards, >> > >> >-- >> >Rob Carmichael >> > >> >> Yes, by gosh, use cvsup. This directory, /usr/share/examples/cvsup/, >> contains several templates to keep your source tree and ports tree up to >> date. >> >> Be sure you have cvsup-bin installed beforehand, then edit the supfile >> (in >> the dir mentioned above) for the nearest cvsup mirror. The supfiles are >> documented and easy to use. See the instructions in them. > >Scott, > >I do keep the ports tree updated with cvsup... what i was referring to was >programs i have already installed from the ports ... how do i keep them >up-to-date without reinstalling all the time ? > >> - Scott > >thanks for your help, >rob > My apologies for the misunderstanding. Look for /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrae This package also includes the following utilities: portinstall: This helps you install new ports in a handy way. Equivalent to `portupgrade -N'. portversion: This is a replacement of pkg_version(8), which runs faster than pkg_version and is cooperative with portupgrade. portsdb: This is a tool to create, update or look up ports database, which is made from the ports index file. pkg_deinstall: This is a package deinstaller with wildcards and dependency recursion support. pkg_glob: This is a package glob expander with wildcards and dependency recursion support. pkgdepfix: This is an interactive tool to fix /var/db/pkg's @pkgdep vs. +REQUIRED_BY discrepancies, and stale or missing origins, optionally. - Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message