Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 07:00:23 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports question .... Message-ID: <54006B57.8070703@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <20140828225153.GA8923@slackbox.erewhon.home> References: <53FF8675.2070009@hiwaay.net> <20140828225153.GA8923@slackbox.erewhon.home>
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On 08/28/14 17:51, Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 02:43:49PM -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> >> .... How do I check to see if the ports collection has been updated ? I >> had some problems a week or so ago getting some stuff to compile. There >> were some later posts alluding to some ports being a bit stale .... If >> that was my problem, I'd like to update & try again .... > The http://www.freshports.org/ site gives a nice overview of recent port > changes. It also lists the SVN revision. If you use subversion to keep your > ports tree up to date you can check the state of your ports tree with; > > > svnlite log -r HEAD /usr/ports/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > r366459 | danilo | 2014-08-29 00:34:41 +0200 (Fri, 29 Aug 2014) | 2 lines > > - Update from 1.40.01 to 1.40.02 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > In this case my ports tree is at r366459. > > Generally I like to update my ports tree weekly. That *generally* makes for > relatively small updates using svnlite (in the base system in FreeBSD 10) and > ports-mgmt/portmaster; > > # svnlite /usr/ports > # less /usr/ports/UPDATING > # portmaster -ai > > Reading UPDATING is important! Sometimes updates need special actions. > > Roland This sounds like it is very close to what I am looking for. I typed in the above command & the shell said command not found .... What pkg('s) do I need for svnlite support ? TIA .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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