Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 01:37:43 +0200 From: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portaudit question..... Message-ID: <433B2947.5010708@pobox.sk> In-Reply-To: <200509282011.j8SKBKsQ004138@blaze.columbus.af.mil> References: <200509282011.j8SKBKsQ004138@blaze.columbus.af.mil>
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Wright Jim Contractor 14MDSS/SGSI wrote: > To keep the story short: > > > > I'm using version FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #6: Thu Aug 25 09:12:43 CDT 2005; > pasted from the dmesg.boot file. > > To the best of my knowledge, I'm using CVSup, pkgdb -F, and portupgrade > commands correctly. > > But, I'm pretty sure I'm still overlooking and/or leaving something out. > > > > I just discovered the portaudit command and ran it against my system. > > It comes up with 15 items that need to be upgraded or deinstalled. > > For this question I'll use Mozilla. > > The version it reports is Mozilla-1.7.7,2. > > > > 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. > > > > I guess my question is this. > > How do I use the FreeBSD tools, Ports/Packages, etc, to install this latest > version?? > > Or am I missing the concept altogether ? > > ( I understand the process of downloading this latest version and installing > it manually. Just trying to understand and use the FreeBSD tools ) > > > > Thanks for any and all help, > > Jim Wright > > Columbus, Mississippi > > 28 Sep 2005 > jim, i recommend using portsnap instead of cvsup, especially if you update your ports tree often. then use portversion instead of pkg_version, it's much faster. and always and periodically run portaudit. you don't need your ports tree to be updated for portaudit to be effective, btw. so based on what i said, here's a procedure to follow: /usr/local/sbin/portsnap fetch /usr/local/sbin/portsnap update /usr/local/sbin/portversion -v -l "<" /usr/local/sbin/portaudit -Fda hope that helps. regards, martin ps: regarding mozilla, if it's not packaged on freebsd's ftp server (that is pkg_add doesn't help), you've got to install it from ports (that is to compile it).
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