From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 7 18:18:02 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 AB1E816A4CE for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 18:18:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.owt.com (smtp.owt.com [204.118.6.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13A3F43D5F for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 18:18:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from [207.41.94.233] (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by smtp.owt.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i57IHAbI027674; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:17:10 -0700 From: Kent Stewart To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:17:59 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <6.0.1.1.0.20040607102435.02945ae8@209.132.1.30> In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.0.20040607102435.02945ae8@209.132.1.30> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200406071117.59618.kstewart@owt.com> cc: Tim Traver Subject: Re: port upgrades 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: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 18:18:02 -0000 On Monday 07 June 2004 10:28 am, Tim Traver wrote: > Hi all, > Is there a way to do a quick update of a particular port directory > ??? I don't necessarily want to do the portupgrade, but just get the > latest port files for a particular port. > Right now, if i want to make sure the ports are up to date, I have > to use sysinstall to download the entire port collection, which takes > forever... > Am I missing a quick utility to just check and make sure I have > the latest port files for one at a time ? > Thanks, > Tim. You need to read the Handbook on maintaing your ports, which is now chapter 4. Then, install cvsup[-without-gui], copy the ports-supfile from the share/examples directory into a safe place, change the CHANGE_THIS to something real from the cvsup mirror list in the handbook and run it. If you don't know where the share/examples directory is located do a "locate ports-supfile" and locate will tell you where it is. If you don't have locate running, do a man located and then run the script to build the database. You need to run portsdb -uU to update the INDEX[.db] files and then you can install ports such as portupgrade that make the actually upgrade process simple. I maintain that sysinstall only has value when you are doing a "SYStem INSTALL] and should be left alone after that. I don't do that because I still find adding a new HD easier from sysinstall. I do not use it to help maintain my system or the port-system. There are tools that are much better suited for that task once you have a running system. Kent > > SimpleNet's Back ! > [1]http://www.simplenet.com/ > > > References > > 1. http://www.simplenet.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html