From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 29 11:54:12 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3EBE3A6C for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:54:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08AB91086 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:54:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.27] (rbn1-216-180-19-61.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.19.61]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s7TBs9Qk005055 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 06:54:09 -0500 Message-ID: <54006B57.8070703@hiwaay.net> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 07:00:23 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" Subject: Re: Ports question .... References: <53FF8675.2070009@hiwaay.net> <20140828225153.GA8923@slackbox.erewhon.home> In-Reply-To: <20140828225153.GA8923@slackbox.erewhon.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:54:12 -0000 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.