Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 08:01:29 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au> Cc: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, Lord Raiden <raiden23@netzero.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about installing ports from CD Message-ID: <20020812070129.GA7021@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <200208120648.g7C6mKL70929@tierzero.apana.org.au> References: <4.2.0.58.20020810013444.0096eba0@pop.netzero.net> <200208110212.g7B2CSL42796@tierzero.apana.org.au> <20020811082936.GA2350@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <200208120648.g7C6mKL70929@tierzero.apana.org.au>
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On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 04:17:24PM +0930, Brian Astill wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 17:59, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> > Now, that is exactly what portupgrade(1) does for
> > installation from ports. Knowing how good the rest of portupgrade(1)
> > is, you won't be surprised to find these entries in the man page:
> <snip>
> No wonder pkg_update didn't look so helpful - wrong command entirely!
> I printed out "man portupgrade" a short time back. Will now study furiously.
>
> I presume it would be necessary to add /cdrom to the PATH before using the P
> or PP options.
If by PATH you mean PKG_PATH, then absolutely yes, you should do that.
Cheers,
Matthew
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