Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 07:38:06 +0200 From: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> To: Stephen Liu <satimis@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup vs portupgrade Message-ID: <40C3FF3E.50100@elvandar.org> In-Reply-To: <20040607053433.16843.qmail@web40307.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040607053433.16843.qmail@web40307.mail.yahoo.com>
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Stephen, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am still not very clear on the function between > > # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile > > and > > # portupgrade -aRr > > I have following questions; > > 1) What will be their diffenece in function > > 2) If having run > > # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports-supfile > # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile > > Whether I still need to run > > # portupgrade -aRr Yes you can do this, since cvsup retrieve's the latest sources for the ports and basesystem, while portupgrade actually uses those sources and installs them on your system.. Thus: You should first update your sources through cvsup, and then install them , or upgrade them via the ports system, or using portupgrade (For the upgrade). Hope this helps, Cheers -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder Elvandar.org/DSINet.org www.mostly-harmless.nl Dutch community for helping newcomers on the hackerscene
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