From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 12 0: 1:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE20D37B400 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 00:01:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C66843E6A for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 00:01:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7C71ZTZ007193; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 08:01:35 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7C71TtD007192; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 08:01:29 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 08:01:29 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Brian Astill Cc: Matthew Seaman , Lord Raiden , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about installing ports from CD Message-ID: <20020812070129.GA7021@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <4.2.0.58.20020810013444.0096eba0@pop.netzero.net> <200208110212.g7B2CSL42796@tierzero.apana.org.au> <20020811082936.GA2350@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <200208120648.g7C6mKL70929@tierzero.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200208120648.g7C6mKL70929@tierzero.apana.org.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 04:17:24PM +0930, Brian Astill wrote: > On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 17:59, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > Now, that is exactly what portupgrade(1) does for > > installation from ports. Knowing how good the rest of portupgrade(1) > > is, you won't be surprised to find these entries in the man page: > > No wonder pkg_update didn't look so helpful - wrong command entirely! > I printed out "man portupgrade" a short time back. Will now study furiously. > > I presume it would be necessary to add /cdrom to the PATH before using the P > or PP options. If by PATH you mean PKG_PATH, then absolutely yes, you should do that. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Tel: +44 1628 476614 Marlow Fax: +44 0870 0522645 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message