Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:47:28 -0400 From: Michael Proto <mike@jellydonut.org> To: "Ishmael F.E." <sulfurfff@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading ports without recompiling Message-ID: <1de79840907060947j6cdf96f6k7966a866ef02a13b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ed5c0bbe0907060904m2a93aab7r9b17b8b5529dd8f0@mail.gmail.com> References: <ed5c0bbe0907060904m2a93aab7r9b17b8b5529dd8f0@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Ishmael F.E.<sulfurfff@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there > . > =BFHow can I upgrade my ports without having to recompile everything? > . > I allready did > # freebsd-update -r 7.2-RELEASE upgrade install > # reboot > # freebsd-update install > . > But it didn'nt upgrade the ports, so I tryed > # portupgrade -af > but it tried to compile everything > . > I also tried > # portsnap fetch > # portsnap extract > # portsnap fetch update > # portupgrade -a --batch -u -P > . > but it also tried to compile everything > . > so, =BFhow can I upgrade the ports? > unfortunatley I don't have time to compile my 64bit system You could use packages provided by the FreeBSD package repositories... portupgrade -aP Although those packages will contain the standard port options, which may differ from your installed ports if you compiled them originally and changed any of the options screens. If you're looking to upgrade ports with custom options applied, then rebuilding your ports from source is your only real option. -Proto
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