From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 3 5:34: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtprelay3.adelphia.net (smtprelay3.adelphia.net [64.8.25.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99A7137B403 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 05:34:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ipthomas_77@yahoo.com) Received: from twin.scraemondaemon.org ([24.49.117.213]) by smtprelay3.adelphia.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GHHS9H00.XBW; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 08:34:29 -0400 Received: (from ipt@localhost) by twin.scraemondaemon.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f73CVbG00724; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 08:31:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ipt) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 08:30:17 -0400 From: User & Ian Patrick Thomas To: Rob Carmichael Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keeping ports updated ... Message-ID: <20010803083017.A686@localhost> References: <01C11C1F.893B18C0.robc@globalvc.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <01C11C1F.893B18C0.robc@globalvc.co.uk>; from robc@globalvc.co.uk on Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 01:23:49PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I do keep the ports tree updated with cvsup... what i was referring to was > programs i have already installed from the ports ... how do i keep them > up-to-date without reinstalling all the time ? portupgrade is a port that may do what you are looking to do. You can also tweak the output of pkg_version -c to upgrade ports, but that uninstalls and reinstalls, not what you're looking for. Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message