Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:32:57 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portaudit question..... Message-ID: <20050929162946.EA8B.GERARD@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <200509282011.j8SKBKsQ004138@blaze.columbus.af.mil> References: <200509282011.j8SKBKsQ004138@blaze.columbus.af.mil>
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On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:07:40 -0500, Wright Jim Contractor 14MDSS/SGSI <ji= m.wright.ctr@columbus.af.mil> Subject: portaudit question..... Wrote these words of wisdom: > To keep the story short: >=20 > =20 >=20 > I'm using version FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #6: Thu Aug 25 09:12:43 CDT 2005; > pasted from the dmesg.boot file. >=20 > To the best of my knowledge, I'm using CVSup, pkgdb -F, and portupgrade > commands correctly. >=20 > But, I'm pretty sure I'm still overlooking and/or leaving something out= . >=20 > =20 >=20 > I just discovered the portaudit command and ran it against my system. >=20 > It comes up with 15 items that need to be upgraded or deinstalled. >=20 > For this question I'll use Mozilla. >=20 > The version it reports is Mozilla-1.7.7,2. >=20 > =20 >=20 > When I go to http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html > <http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html>; and do a search for Mozilla,= I > find that Mozilla-1.7.12,2 is the latest (stable) version. >=20 > =20 >=20 > I guess my question is this. >=20 > How do I use the FreeBSD tools, Ports/Packages, etc, to install this la= test > version?? >=20 > Or am I missing the concept altogether ? >=20 > ( I understand the process of downloading this latest version and insta= lling > it manually. Just trying to understand and use the FreeBSD tools ) >=20 > =20 >=20 > Thanks for any and all help, >=20 > Jim Wright >=20 > Columbus, Mississippi >=20 > 28 Sep 2005 ***** REPLY SEPARATOR ***** On 9/29/2005 4:29:46 PM, Gerard Seibert Replied: Personally, I would first make sure you have a freshly updated ports collection. Next, install 'portmanager' from the ports collection. Then run it. portmanager -u This will take care of updating all of your out of date ports and their dependencies. --=20 Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net>
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