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Date:      Mon, 7 Jun 2004 17:13:14 +0800 (CST)
From:      =?iso-8859-1?q?Stephen=20Liu?= <satimis@yahoo.com>
To:        Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvsup vs portupgrade
Message-ID:  <20040607091314.35152.qmail@web40304.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <40C3FF3E.50100@elvandar.org>

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Hi Remko,

Tks for your advice.

- snip -

> > 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
> 
> Yes you can do this, since cvsup retrieve's the
> latest sources for the 
> ports and basesystem, while portupgrade actually
> uses those sources and 
> installs them on your system..

After running

# cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports-supfile
# cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile
before running
# portupgrade -aRr

whether I need to run

# pkgdb -F 
# portsdb -Uu

B.R.
Stephen


> Thus: You should first update your sources through
> cvsup, and then 
> install them , or upgrade them via the ports system,
> or using 
> portupgrade (For the upgrade).
> 
> Hope this helps,

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