From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 5 10:34:19 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EC1C16A417 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:34:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com (ag-out-0708.google.com [72.14.246.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59B1113C49D for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:34:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 35so872838aga for ; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:34:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rDmylA3m/IlRsadyjSOFU6DhhDc8/kQOuTxHfEAohPY=; b=ZCxiwGBAcHbLNeLAuYy5445I6GUmUV8nxyV0BDDXCHgwpuiZw+IevHetjw6n+qpPWOM8RBmBXgsQtalxk1MAJ14db22o0/Cw3pcUepXOqJg+p/XwVSC4Hu4BZVgXp/Azc7QmqCdEw4QyGDesVl1YUsY7Op2A60UX5JHG3dCbGgM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DdGMwbEl8bRLpgAwpNOHCl9uGKZdQ9qsgzMdOh7LioFhmz7P/jrxXIF5FhQL3ykL0XlR+sSCYoEjbloK35RAyuuQlsvpeWoD859ceCnRDm32hSWrLPYJ3S50zXVtxABXZU1zRQaGJ3pn7u4VthUr0aUmIZbj1RwFfHNxXe2gy+w= Received: by 10.70.76.13 with SMTP id y13mr7962656wxa.1194258846135; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:34:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.2.2? ( [67.85.89.184]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c29sm6870877elf.2007.11.05.02.34.04 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:34:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <472EF19B.80700@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:34:03 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071101) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Donovan R. Palmer" References: <20071105135017.76a2c48a@meijome.net> <20071105070952.50ba2f37@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> <000c01c81f93$344c2c40$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> <472EED2B.4050403@gmail.com> <001601c81f96$33619dd0$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> In-Reply-To: <001601c81f96$33619dd0$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:34:19 -0000 Donovan R. Palmer wrote: >> While portsupgrade does work on packages it is usually better to do >> stuff from ports... even though this may be time consuming you may want >> to deinstall every last package you have installed then select a few >> "high level" ports to install (i.e. enough to drag in almost everything >> you need)... in general the install cycle I use is: >> >> 1. Install a top-level port (making any build changes needed if build >> fails [*PLEASE* submit a pr for any of these]) >> 2. Do a csup (or cvsup on older releases) to make sure there is nothing >> newer for the installed ports >> 3. Do a portupgrade -a >> 4. If there are more top-level ports goto to step 1 > > Very interesting. Without sounding too daft, how do I determine what > a "high level" port is? Thanks! Depends on what you use the machine for... for example for the most part mine are: 1. gnome-office (normally do xorg and gnome2 as seperate builds though) 2. vlc video player 3. rythmbox mp3 player 4. Java 1.6 5. gimp-shop 6. apache 2+mysql+php5 7. electricsheep 8. Deluge torrent client and as soon the port team adds them: 1. thistest 2. filebuilder (sorry for the self promotion, but I wrote both of these ;-)) -- Aryeh M. Friedman Developer, not business friendly http://www.flosoft-systems.com