Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 03:36:37 -0800 From: "Robert L Sowders" <rsowders@usgs.gov> To: Olivier Cortes <receiver@deep-ocean.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Houben,G.J.J. (Geert)" <G.Houben@fontys.nl>, owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: easiest way to update all port files Message-ID: <OF4EF23C37.EDFDC19E-ON88256A0A.003FBE0F@wr.usgs.gov>
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Easiest way to cvsup ports is to use the "make update" feature.
Install the cvsup-bin from ports
Copy the relevant cvsup lines from the /etc/defaults/make.conf to the
/etc/make.conf
Edit to your situation, you can also edit the
/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile to only retrieve the ports you
want.
cd /usr/src
make update
Olivier Cortes <receiver@deep-ocean.net>
Sent by: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
03/09/2001 02:34 AM
To: "Houben,G.J.J. (Geert)" <G.Houben@fontys.nl>
cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: easiest way to update all port files
i think it has been discussed many times, but here is what i use:
i copied /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile to /usr/ports
i tweaked it in order to point to the right cvsup server (for me it's
cvsup.fr.freebsd.org)
i commented chinese, vietnamese and others (i don't need them), and
ports-all. i uncommented ports-base and ports groups that i needed,
and sometimes i type 'cvsup ports-supfile' in my xterm as 'su'.
i know you can cron cvsup (with something like -g -L 2 as options), and
there also a way to type 'make update' in /usr/ports, but i didn't
search in that last direction. at home i cvsup once a while, and at work
i cron (i tried to build a cvsup mirror for my 6 freebsd servers, but i
don't know by now if it works or not, time is missing).
regards,
olivier
On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 11:25:49AM +0100, Houben,G.J.J. (Geert) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is the easiest way to update all files in /usr/ports ?
> So that all ports I install use the newest version available.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Geert Houben
>
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