Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 12:17:05 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, <DanielM@EverAd.com> Subject: Re: Keeping updated port collection Message-ID: <15026.22689.760453.248389@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <91191045@toto.iv>
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Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com> types: > Daniel Mester (DanielM@EverAd.com) wrote: > > As i can see there's some ways: > > 1. I can keep my 'ports' updated with CVS or something? (really > > preferable way - i guess). > > You could use CVS or install /usr/ports/net/cvsup. > > It is very easy to upgrade your ports with CVSup. The syntax is 'cvsup > supfile' where the supfile describes the working directory tree to be > updated, in this case /usr/ports. The easy way is to pull the appropriate lines from /etc/defaults/make.conf, and put them in /etc/make.conf. Them "make update" in either /usr/src or /usr/ports will update the ports tree. The inevitable next question - "How do I update the installed packages" is answered in the FAQ at <URL: http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/applications.html >. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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