Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 08:07:43 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Beastie-Boy <networkaholic@gmx.de> Subject: Re: stay up to date with ports and packages, problem Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205190803400.30455@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4FB7A6F9.2090202@FreeBSD.org> References: <1337434051474-5709999.post@n5.nabble.com> <4FB7A6F9.2090202@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, 19 May 2012, Matthew Seaman wrote: > That's a bit drastic and pretty much something you'ld never actually > want to do in normal usage. However, for completeness' sake: > > # pkg_delete -af > > will remove all installed ports. After doing that there should be > hardly anything left under /usr/local -- most of what's left would be > config files in /usr/local/etc. The -f is probably not needed. I've done this rarely enough to not recall, but -a should sort everything in the right order so dependencies are uninstalled in order. > The advice to use portmaster is good. > > A typical session to maintain all your ports goes something like this: > > # portsnap fetch update (Gets the latest contents for > /usr/ports) > # less /usr/ports/UPDATING (Check for any special > instructions affecting any > ports you have installed. > Assuming nothing out of the > ordinary is required (and it > usually isn't), then...) > # pkg_version -vIL= (see what needs updating) > # portmaster -a (update everything out of date) portmaster can show ports that can be updated: portmaster -L --index-only Or, more concisely: portmaster -L --index-only | egrep '(ew|ort) version|total install' There's a short overview of port upgrading procedures and reasoning at http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/portupgrade.html .
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