Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 17:35:26 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: jhunt@blaz.homeip.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/ports Message-ID: <3A6253DE.39F5BC4A@urx.com> References: <F202nidKrlVKvH9oilc00001110@hotmail.com> <3A61EB9E.7ABAE57D@centurytel.net> <20010115114608.B86594@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3A6250FA.7ABED2E0@blaz.homeip.net>
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jhunt@blaz.homeip.net wrote: > > greetings, > > I checked out some information at http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ > on updating sources with CVSup and make world. > > My question is this. Basically all I want to do is make sure my ports > collection is always up to date with the latest ports available for > FreeBSD. I do not wish to update source for the kernel and things of > that nature, just the ports collection. So is Updating Sources > with CVSup at http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ the > best way to go about this? No, because the ports-all doesn't update the port sources. All it does is update the port structure. If someone has change a port by adding a patch, you will add that to your system but that is is. You have to use something "pkg_version -c" to see if your ports are up todate. If one isn't up todate, then you are provided with a series of commands that you can use to update each port that has an upgrade available. You also can't blindly use the output from pkg_version to update your ports. This is especially true for ports that have multiple versions. You have to handle them wisely :). Kent > > Thanks in advance. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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