Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:21:24 +0200 From: Armin Pirkovitsch <a.pirko@inode.at> To: Chris <snagit@cbpratt.prohosting.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Portsnap Update Question Message-ID: <45266664.5090202@inode.at> In-Reply-To: <2403D229-1D39-40F8-9C40-01A7DEF8ED5D@cbpratt.prohosting.com> References: <2403D229-1D39-40F8-9C40-01A7DEF8ED5D@cbpratt.prohosting.com>
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Chris wrote: > I would like to verify whether my active installed ports are updated > when I run the portsnap fetch update. I've read the handbook and man but > I don't get a comfortable feeling that the question is answered in > definitive terms that have meaning to me. > > I'm preparing to apply all the recent updates to the production servers > I have on 6.1 R P6 tomorrow morning and want to make certain I fully > update the servers with the window of I have. I'll cvsup, build and > install world and kernel through the normal process. What I've been > doing is then running portsnap fetch update to apply patches to the > ports. In doing so, I've not seen recompilations take place and remained > somewhat fuzzy as to whether I was merely retrieving snapshots of source > for whatever is in /usr/ports or if in addition, somehow binary changes > were being applied to programs I've already installed (e.g., I have > mysql and rsync installed from ports on every machine, would they be > updated). Perhaps I should be remaking them? > > Is the process I described, not updating the binaries of installed > ports? I could have answered this had I compared /usr/local/bin before > and after, but I have no example systems to play with at the moment. I > note that portupgrade is far more involved but clearly does > this. portsnap only fetches the patches for your ports which means you have to recompile the programs (best using portupgrade) yourself. portupgrade -rRa might be useful in your case (and -nrRa to look which ports will be updated without updating them) portsnap does not update any binaries installed on your system. -- Armin Pirkovitsch a.pirko@inode.at
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