Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 03:33:26 -0400 From: parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net> To: Jason Hunt <leth@primus.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kwythers@umn.edu Subject: Re: housecleaning and portupgrade question Message-ID: <20021025073326.GA7073@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20021024231510.O22947-100000@lethargic.dyndns.org> References: <1035474504.15382.20.camel@lorax.forestry.umn.edu> <20021024231510.O22947-100000@lethargic.dyndns.org>
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wrote Jason Hunt thusly...
>
> Personally I have always just installed the newer version of a
> port on-top of the older one. Then I go through the package
> "database" and fix the dependencies ... After fixing the
> dependencies I just remove the directory for the old package and
> it's "uninstalled".
yuck, that's one unsanitary way to keep ports updated.
> I don't know if this is the best way to go about maintaining
> packages, and I realize that lots of unused/old files are being
> left around, but FWIW I have not run into any problems. Maybe
> someone has better advice?
portupgrade usage advice has been repeated many times on various
freebsd mailing lists; i don't use it for that purpose.
this is not a "better advice"; this is how i upgrade ports w/ help
of 2-3 script here & there...
- modify Makefile as appropriate.
- in case of large port like mozilla, i fetch it first (make
fetch); otherwise i don't bother w/i this.
- in case of a port w/ interesting options, i extract it (make
extract) to read the configure script. modify the Makefile as
appropriate.
- in case of unofficial patches for a port like mutt, i run "make
patch" followed by application of external patches.
- run "make build" (in the new ports directory). if it succeeds,
delete the old port; may need to force the issue in case of a
dependency port. when a dependency port is deleted, dependent
port may or may not need to be rebuilt/reinstalled.
- install the new port (make install). sometimes i also create a
package (make package) which does the installation too.
- file bug report when anything goes awry. log of output from the
above process comes in handy at this time.
- run make clean & compress the logs (bzip2 -9 log) (if i
remember).
> .... portupgrade ... know I sound like a prick here, but ...) if
> it's so good then why isn't it incorporated into the base system?
many things which are "so good" are not in the base system, but most
people need/use those things. search the -ports, -questions, &
perhaps -stable list w/ a query like "freebsd base system ports
include".
- parv
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