Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:25:34 -0000 From: "Donovan R. Palmer" <donovan@dmpnet.org> To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: portupgrade questions Message-ID: <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>
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> 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!
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