Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:06:36 -0400 From: Gerald A.Speak <gaspeak@va.prestige.net> To: "Geoff Ludwiczak" <ludwicza@home.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: package upgrade? Message-ID: <20010910020712.2C91B37B405@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <000701c1399b$6cce2d50$55a54c18@jolteon> References: <000701c1399b$6cce2d50$55a54c18@jolteon>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Sunday 09 September 2001 09:53 pm, Geoff Ludwiczak wrote: > Hey, > > I know there's a portupgrade utility to use for ports, but is there > something that can upgrade packages as well? I usually install alot of Believe it or not, portupgrade will work with packages as well... provided you have the packages downloaded.... Try man portupgrade... if that fails try portupgrade -P "portname" > packages, and I don't have the patience with ports because I have to wait > to get the package from some anonymous site, and then wait for it to > compile, etc. So are packages just updated for each release or are they > update regularily? I'm a Debian user as well, and I'm used to being able > to upgrade packages easily with apt-get update && apt-get upgrade. Does > this sort of thing exist for FreeBSD? Not to my knowledge.... > > Thanks > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: KVeSIq5vxWiYnVgD0GfGeG0pwjTUBPaF iQA/AwUBO5wgSTefnrAVLWZBEQJBFACg7iqEMzjpJxfERsWkR2DgmbC23jAAoP2V dYDX9AOoSctUttSUsnF4ZWt3 =tebA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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