From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 24 03:49:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55C6C16A4CE for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 03:49:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [198.92.228.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D214343D54 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 03:49:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58D336381; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:49:56 -0500 (CDT) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06987-09; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:49:52 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [198.92.228.35] (laptop.makeworld.com [198.92.228.35]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99D1B637F; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:49:50 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <41539954.8070104@makeworld.com> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:49:40 -0500 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (Windows/20040803) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Donald J. O'Neill" References: <451E9011-0BF5-11D9-B049-000393934006@npc-usa.com> <41532782.7080901@makeworld.com> <200409232019.19335.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <200409232019.19335.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.1.1 at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port upgrading - my way X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 03:49:58 -0000 Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > On Thursday 23 September 2004 02:44 pm, Chris wrote: > >>Curtis Vaughan wrote: >> >>>>There might be something to be said for doing it "my way", >>>>after all, Frank Sinatra made a fortune in that manner... >>>> >>>> >>>>You could join in the FreeBSD tradition, though, and do it the >>>>Right Way(tm) ... >>>> >>>>http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html >>>> >>>>An excellent tutorial/article by Dru Lavigne.... >>>> >>>> ;-) >>>> >>>>Kevin Kinsey >>> >>>OK, after reading this tutorial, here is MY new WAY. >>> >>> >>> /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2 /root/cvsup/ports-supfile >>> portsdb -Uu >>> portversion -l "<" [to see if any ports will be upgraded] >>> portupgrade -arR [so dependencies will be installed, if >>>necessary] [NB. If ever asked to run pkgdb -F, do it] >>> >>>Taking into consideration other issues or options pointed out >>>on the web tutorial, will this be a good strategy from now on >>>for performing good port upgrades? >>> >>>Curtis >> >>Yes - this is more or less how I do mine. > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > OK Curtis, What the heck are you doing, we just discussed this, > Chris, I know better than this and so do you. You guys are supposed > to be doing it my way. I think you're just trying to get in good > graces with the list so you show up here instead of getting > filtered into the bit bucket. > > Don Hahahahaha - No friggin' comment! Chris