Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:12:58 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>, Ron <lists@rzweb.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading Ports on 5.3 Message-ID: <448FE12A.2010605@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <20060613215032.P12687@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <448C5861.5010901@rzweb.com> <20060613215032.P12687@tripel.monochrome.org>
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Chris Hill wrote: > What I usually do is > > # cvsup -g /etc/cvsupfile.ports <- my ports supfile with "tag=." > # pkgdb -aF <- may throw a lot of errors, esp. > <- if you have an old ports tree. > <- Fix manually if needed! > # cd /usr/ports > # portsdb -u > # portsclean -C > # pkgdb -u > # portversion -v | grep needs <- see what "needs" to be upgraded # portversion -L = would be quicker. Any > needs upgrading. Any < would mean you somehow had an installed version newer that the port version! # less /usr/ports/UPDATING to see if any of the ports you will upgrade have "issues" --Alex
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