Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:34:03 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: "Donovan R. Palmer" <donovan@dmpnet.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade questions Message-ID: <472EF19B.80700@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <001601c81f96$33619dd0$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> References: <BAY114-W1198B68AE765DD630D744BBB8F0@phx.gbl><20071105135017.76a2c48a@meijome.net> <20071105070952.50ba2f37@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> <000c01c81f93$344c2c40$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> <472EED2B.4050403@gmail.com> <001601c81f96$33619dd0$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop>
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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
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