From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 11 17:07:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 894FB16A4B3 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 17:07:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [12.15.124.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8D1E43F93 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 17:07:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from evrtwa1-ar12-4-46-162-188.evrtwa1.dsl-verizon.net (evrtwa1-ar12-4-46-162-188.evrtwa1.dsl-verizon.net [4.46.162.188]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C043C80; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 19:07:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris To: "Peter Schuller" , "bamstation.com" Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 19:07:04 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <000801c39024$d3d749f0$46fafea9@darkstar> <20031011184755.GA17640@infidyne.com> In-Reply-To: <20031011184755.GA17640@infidyne.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200310111907.05021.racerx@makeworld.com> cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 00:07:31 -0000 On Saturday 11 October 2003 01:47 pm, Peter Schuller wrote: > > i would like to know when will FreeBSD crew update packages.. for > > example: flashplugin for mozilla is still version 4, linux allready has > > 6; mozilla 1.4b is beta?? there is gnome 2.4 out.. getta move on guys... > > Sounds like you want to keep and up-to-date ports collection: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html > > The easiest way is probably the cvsup method, if you wish to always have > access to the latest ports with a minimum of fuss. Combine that with > "portupgrade -arP" and you have a pretty efficient mechanism of upgrading > all your packages. Some things that I do: First and foremost, ensure you have this - 1. Edit /etc/make.conf, add WITHOUT_GUI=yes 2. cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui ; make install && make clean 3. cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade ; make install && make clean 4. Ensure all sup files reflect cvsup2.FreeBSD.org as the cvs server (or your fav) This part assumes you have your sup files somewhere in /root 1. /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L2 /root/ports-supfile && /usr/local/sbin/portsdb -uU 2. /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb -fuF && /usr/local/sbin/portversion |grep "<" 3. /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade -arR The above line is important - this will upgrade ALL of your installed ports and ALL dependencies. I have put these routine into scripts and into /etc/periodic/daily - all execpt the portupgrade -arR -- Best regards, Chris ______________________________________________________________________ PGP Fingerprint = D976 2575 D0B4 E4B0 45CC AA09 0F93 FF80 C01B C363 PGP Mail encouraged / preferred - keys available on common key servers ______________________________________________________________________ 01010010011000010110001101100101011100100101100000000000