Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 07:26:49 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports question .... Message-ID: <54007189.8070807@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <54006DD8.9090200@qeng-ho.org> References: <53FF8675.2070009@hiwaay.net> <20140828225153.GA8923@slackbox.erewhon.home> <54006B57.8070703@hiwaay.net> <54006DD8.9090200@qeng-ho.org>
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On 08/29/14 07:11, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 29/08/2014 13:00, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> >> 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 .... > > It's in the base system: > > fileserver:3# which svnlite > /usr/bin/svnlite > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > [root@kabini1, /etc, 7:26:08am] 334 % uname -a FreeBSD kabini1 9.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE #0 r268512: Thu Jul 10 23:44:39 UTC 2014 root@snap.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 [root@kabini1, /etc, 7:26:13am] 335 % which svnlite svnlite: Command not found. [root@kabini1, /etc, 7:26:18am] 336 % -- 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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