Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:46:17 -0500 (EST) From: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/31879: port upgrade FAQ Message-ID: <200111091646.LAA14647@blackhelicopters.org>
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>Number: 31879
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: port upgrade FAQ
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Nov 09 08:50:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Michael Lucas
>Release: FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
None
>Environment:
recent -doc tree
>Description:
This question doesn't mention new tools to handle upgrading ports.
Also, minor simplification of one paragraph.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
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<answer>
! <para>Unfortunately, there is no easy way to update installed
! ports. The &man.pkg.version.1; command can be used
! to generate a script that will update the installed ports with
! a newer version in the ports tree:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_version <option>-c</option> > <replaceable>/tmp/myscript</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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<answer>
! <para>FreeBSD does not include a port upgrading tool, but it
! does have some tools to make the upgrade process somewhat
! easier. You can also install additional tools to simplify
! port handling.</para>
!
! <para>The &man.pkg.version.1; command can generate a script
! that will update installed ports to the latest version in
! the ports tree.</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_version <option>-c</option> > <replaceable>/tmp/myscript</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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they need to be updated is that a shared library has changed
version numbers, so the ports that used that library need to be
rebuilt to use the new version.</para>
+
+ <para>If you have the disk space, you can use the
+ <command>portupgrade</command> tool to automate all of
+ this. <command>portupgrade</command> includes various
+ tools to simplify package handling. It is available under
+ <filename>/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade</filename>.
+ Since it is written in Ruby,
+ <command>portupgrade</command> is a poor candidate for
+ integration with the main FreeBSD tree. That shouldn't
+ stop anyone from using it, however.</para>
<para>If your system is up full time, the &man.periodic.8 system
can be used to generate a weekly list of ports that might need
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