Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:51:44 +0100 From: Graham Bentley <admin@cpcnw.co.uk> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting again from Scratch Message-ID: <20070625175144.6f145b7f@3bsd.cpcnw.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070625160844.GB28294@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20070625120019.668D416A49A@hub.freebsd.org> <20070625151858.20ee23ad@3bsd.cpcnw.co.uk> <20070625160844.GB28294@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:08:45 +0200 Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > That's what you use portmaster(8) or portmanager(8) for. (I use > portmaster now). > > For updating the ports tree, I use portsnap(8). > > First time that you use it: > > # portsnap fetch extract > > After that; > > # portsnap fetch update > > Getting a list of installed ports, inluding available updates: > > $ portmaster -L >ports.list > > If you read the list, you'll see which ones have updates available. > > First thing to do is read /usr/ports/UPDATING. Skipping this might > leave you with broken ports, in which case you get to keep both > pieces. > > Next you usually update your ports with e.g; > > # portmaster -B -d <name_of_port> > > Unless UPDATING tells you otherwise. Do read the manual pages of the > tools you're using. So, if I where to start again, I would ; 1) Install 'minimal' distrib from 6.2 rel CD1 2) portsnap fetch extract 3) make install my system Then in future use portmaster as you say ?
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