Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 13:43:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/37073: Few new tips for FreeBSD-tips fortune Message-ID: <20020414204353.D8B6620F0A@mail.tgd.net>
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>Number: 37073 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Few new tips for FreeBSD-tips fortune >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Apr 14 13:50:01 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Sean Chittenden >Release: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD ninja1.internal 4.5-STABLE FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE #0: Fri Apr 5 18:08:12 PST 2002 root@ninja1.internal:/opt/obj/opt/src/sys/NINJA i386 >Description: Attached patch addes a few tips for the portupgrade suite of utilities and makes a few spelling corrections/english-izations. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Index: games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips,v retrieving revision 1.14.2.4 diff -u -r1.14.2.4 freebsd-tips --- games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips 2002/03/24 03:28:46 1.14.2.4 +++ games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips 2002/04/14 20:35:30 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ By pressing "Scroll Lock" you can use the arrow keys to scroll backward through the console output. Press "Scroll Lock" again to turn it off. % -Want colour in your directory listings? Use "ls -G". "ls -F" is also useful, +Want color in your directory listings? Use "ls -G". "ls -F" is also useful, and they can be combined as "ls -FG". % If you need to ask a question on the FreeBSD-questions mailing list then @@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ learned it, but somewhat user-unfriendly. To use ee (an easier but less powerful editor) instead, set the environment variable EDITOR to /usr/bin/ee % -If you accidently end up inside vi, you can quit it by pressing Escape, colon +If you accidentally end up inside vi, you can quit it by pressing Escape, colon (:), q (q), bang (!) and pressing return. % You can use aliases to decrease the amount of typing you need to do to get commands you commonly use. Examples of fairly popular aliases include (in -bourne shell style, as in /bin/sh, bash, ksh, and zsh): +Bourne shell style, as in /bin/sh, bash, ksh, and zsh): alias lf="ls -FA" alias ll="ls -lA" @@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ To remove an alias, you can usually use 'unalias aliasname'. To list all aliases, you can usually type just 'alias'. % -In order to support national characters for european languages in tools like -less without creating other nationalisation aspects, set the environment +In order to support national characters for European languages in tools like +less without creating other nationalization aspects, set the environment variable LC_ALL to 'en_US.ISO8859-1'. % You can search for documentation on a keyword by typing @@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ You can open up a new split-screen window in (n)vi with :N or :E and then use ^w to switch between the two. % -sh (the default bourne shell in FreeBSD) supports command-line editing. Just +sh (the default Bourne shell in FreeBSD) supports command-line editing. Just ``set -o emacs'' or ``set -o vi'' to enable it. % When you've made modifications to a file in vi(1) and then find that @@ -469,3 +469,46 @@ This won't work if you don't have write permissions to the directory and probably won't be suitable if you're editing through a symbolic link. +% +The portupgrade package contains several useful programs that help +with upgrading, installing, and comparing versions of software that +has been installed via ports. + + # cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade/ + # make install && make clean +% +If you are updating your ports tree and have the portupgrade(1) +utilities installed, run the following command to see what ports can +be upgraded: + + # portversion -v -L= +% +The portupgrade(1) utility (ports/sysutils/portupgrade) provides a +safe and easy way for upgrading ports. + + # portupgrade [portname] +% +The portsdb(1) command that comes with the portupgrade(1) suite of +utilities (ports/sysutils/portupgrade) can be used to remake the ports +master INDEX file. Try adding the following line to your +/etc/weekly.local file so that periodic(8) will rebuild the ports +INDEX: + +/usr/bin/nice -20 /usr/local/sbin/portsdb -U -u +% +The pkgdb(1) command that comes with the portupgrade(1) suite of +utilities (ports/sysutils/portupgrade) can be used to correct broken +dependencies that can sometimes occur when upgrading ports with +dependencies. After upgrading several ports, it is probably a good +idea to run the following command to fix port dependencies. + + # pkgdb -F +% +Try combining portversion(1) with tee(1) and a periodic(8) job that +follows after you update your ports tree. Use tee(1) that way you get +a list of ports that can be upgraded in your nightly email along with +an updated copy on the file system. portversion(1) is apart of the +portupgrade port (ports/sysutils/portupgrade). Ex: place the +following after cvsup commands in /etc/weekly.local: + +/usr/local/sbin/portversion -O -v -L= | /usr/bin/tee /etc/upgradable_ports >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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