Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 08:50:08 -0400 From: Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading packages - portupgrade confusion Message-ID: <20100912085008.558d3d84@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <4C8CBADC.3070904@gmail.com> References: <4C8C0110.20801@gmail.com> <i6hb6t$s10$1@dough.gmane.org> <4C8CBADC.3070904@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:34:52 +0300 Kaya Saman <kayasaman@gmail.com> articulated: > [...] > > Have you refreshed the ports tree(s) with csup using the same > > supfile to ensure the ports trees are up to date ( and therefore > > identical)? Since you are using portugrade, as I do, this is what I > > do to see what needs to be done: > > > > I cd to /usr/sup which is where I keep my supfiles and the > > housekeeping. Then using this command sequence will refresh the > > ports tree, the ports index database, and ensure the package > > database is clean and synced. Portversion then just tells you with > > a "<" symbol any that are old and in need of an update. > > > > csup -L 2 ports&& portsdb -uF&& pkgdb -u&& portversion > > > > where "ports" above is my supfile for ports refresh and looks like > > this: > > > > *default host=cvsup.nl.freebsd.org > > *default base=/usr > > *default prefix=/usr > > *default release=cvs tag=. > > *default delete use-rel-suffix compress > > ports-all > > > > Then a portupgrade -a as required. If all symbols in the right > > column are "=" everything is up to date and nothing is required. > > Adjust server location for mirror near you (or one that works best). > > > > -Mike > > Thanks alot Mike for the response!! > > I didn't actually refresh the ports tree so I'm gona have to do that. > > The thing I don't quite understand though is that if the ports tree > gets refreshed, do the packages get upgraded or will I need to > rebuild them?? You have to rebuild them. > I slightly recall the csup commnad, however I've never actually > performed an inplace upgrade of a package in BSD. Only done this kind > of thing in Linux - Debian/Ubuntu, CentOS and Solaris - OpenSolaris, > Belenix where they have package managers. > > What's the process for upgrading a package? make reinstall clean?? If using a port maintenance application such as portupgrade or portmanager, you could simply do the following: "portupgrade -a" or "portmanager -u" depending on what application you are using. Switching between multiple port maintenance applications is not the worse thing you could do; however, I would not recommend it as an everyday occurrence. If doing it manually, you could just do: make && make deinstall && make reinstall && make distclean There are other variations of course. I would recommend that you run: "make config" in the port's home directory prior to building it for the first time. there might be some useful features that you want to turn on or off. -- Jerry ✌ FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ Minicomputer: A computer that can be afforded on the budget of a middle-level manager.
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