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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

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