Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:03:01 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Walter Alejandro Iglesias <roquesor@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Same version on binary packages and updated ports Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK2Knseb0-_6YjWMGO=Jm4uR7Y6R-5RTHEKPhuaV6QKVGg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111229185325.GA56404@chancha.local> References: <20111229161611.GA81214@chancha.local> <51AF4F0E-AD5A-4D0A-BC33-4C452B2D1650@mac.com> <20111229185325.GA56404@chancha.local>
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On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Walter Alejandro Iglesias < roquesor@gmail.com> wrote: > So, unless I am missing some portupgrade option-feature, once > the port tree is updated I must compile all from source. The > opposite leads to dependencies issues. > portmaster -P Yes, this will likely result in a significant amount of compiling depending time from RELEASE and your chosen packages and whatever PACKAGESITE is set to eg stable. That is the price you pay for updated software on FreeBSD. Also be sure to read /usr/ports/UPDATING There are man pages and a handbook page which explain all this in detail. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html -- Adam Vande More
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