Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 00:20:03 -0400 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: "nate" <freebsd@aphroland.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: upgrading installed ports automatically Message-ID: <20020704042003.B58FEBB2C@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <13201.216.39.174.24.1025741853.squirrel@webmail.linuxpowered.net> References: <13201.216.39.174.24.1025741853.squirrel@webmail.linuxpowered.net>
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portupgrade -a
does the port equivalent of
make buildworld / make installworld
Lots of people use it with great success, I think, but the one time I tried
it my ports database got messed up and I couldn't figure out how to fix it
and would up re-installing FreeBSD from scratch, so I recommend caution.
On Wednesday 03 July 2002 08:17 pm, nate wrote:
| hi
|
| is there a way to upgrade installed ports(and only installed ports)
| automatically (e.g. 'make upgrade' or something at toplevel /usr/ports)
|
| i would like to avoid having to track down each and every port
| and manually upgrade ...
|
| (i just upgraded one system from 4.4 to 4.6)
|
| i looked around, and can't find any documented way to do this. I can
| imagine if one had several hundred packages installed upgrading
| each one could take forever ..
|
| thanks
|
| nate
|
|
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|
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