Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 17:59:53 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: "R. Lahaye" <lahaye@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to update my ports directories ? Message-ID: <3B4F1AF9.1F02DEF3@i-clue.de> References: <3B4F17DB.6413E61C@users.sourceforge.net>
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"R. Lahaye" schrieb: > > Hi, > > I'm a newbie; moved from Linux to FreeBSD last week. > > What is the freeBSD-way of updating the /usr/ports ? That would be CVSup. See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html to learn how to stay stable or current with your system. > That problem arose when I needed gtkextra-0.99.15, while the > FreeBSD 4.3 installation only comes with the gtkextra-0.99.14 port. > > I found the 0.99.15 port on the web: > www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/x11-toolkits/gtkextra/ > from where I downloaded all the files manually, but ended during > the make with an error complaining that one of the patch files failed. > > I assume having made a mistake by manually grabbing the port. Right? Exactly. You should have d/l'ed the ports collection. > Is there an (automatic) FreeBSD-way of updating ports ? see /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade > E.g. Mandrake has that "MandrakeUpdate" tool, for those who > are (distantly) familiar with that linux distro. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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