From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 26 14:22:26 2004 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 75A6F16A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:22:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from yggdrasil.interstroom.nl (yggdrasil.interstroom.nl [80.85.129.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D1B843D1D for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:22:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from o.greve@axis.nl) Received: from ip102-211.introweb.nl ([80.65.102.211] helo=sjees) by yggdrasil with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CXgzP-000293-00; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:22:23 +0100 From: "Olaf Greve" To: "'Thomas S. Crum - AAA Web Solution, Inc.'" , Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:22:20 +0100 Message-ID: <005d01c4d3c3$57404610$1e01a8c0@sjees> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <003d01c4d3c1$7d1eb5d0$0200a8c0@wolf> X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2742.200 X-MailScanner-Information: Interstroom virusscan, please e-mail helpdesk@interstroom.nl for more information X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: Subject: RE: Updating packages list (using cvsup?) 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: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:22:26 -0000 Hi Thomas (and others), First off: thanks a lot for your answer, this is indeed what I was looking for... Then some specifics: > Packages are pre-compiled so there is little ability to configure them, > should you need to. Although I still know many people who prefer using > packages. I find them handy at times, but indeed some of them are hopelessly outdated (like Clamd)...:) > Do not use sysinstall to accomplish this. Also, there is no need to 'download or > update' your 'packages'. Simply follow the below command to install the current package. I know. I didn't express myself correctly: what I meant to say was to update the tree of 'packages', but then, as you stated, what I actually should have been referring to is the tree of 'ports'. :P > Below is a config to install cvsup and run it to update your ports > collection. Remember though, ports are not precompiled and you will > actually need to move into the /usr/ports/whatever_port/whatever_program dir > to install them. Yes, that's fine thanks! So the below should do the trick. > # pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui > # cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile /root/ports-supfile > // change 'changethis' to cvsup2, cvsup3, etc. > # ee /root/ports-supfile > // REBOOT SERVER > # shutdown -r now > // Run CVsup to make ports current. (will take approx. 1 hour over > broadband) > # cvsup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile Cool. Sounds easy enough. So I guess if I were to schedule the 'cvsup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile' command using cron, a weekly task should do. > Also there is a wealth of information in the FreeBSD handbook and I would > consider giving that a read. Thanks, indeed I have printed that (for the 5.1 version, but that should be o.k.) and I shall check that out as well... Cheers! Olafo