Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 15:42:01 +0200 From: Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, David Newman <dnewman@networktest.com> Subject: Re: yet another pkgng vs. ports management question Message-ID: <20140407154201.6190d8e5@mr185083> In-Reply-To: <533F265D.4080605@networktest.com> References: <533F265D.4080605@networktest.com>
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Le Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:38:37 -0700, David Newman <dnewman@networktest.com> a écrit : Hello, > I have recently taken over sysadmin chores for a FreeBSD 9.2 system > that runs ports installed with some combination of default and > non-default options. > > I don't know which ports have non-default options set. The person who > set up the system is not available. > > For purposes of keeping the system up-to-date, which option is best: > > - just run 'pkg update && pkg upgrade' > > - just update the ports tree and run 'portmaster -aD' > > - some combination of pkg and portmaster > > - something else I would make a copy of the options (/var/db/ports/* and may be /etc/make.conf) into a poudriere repository and then build the needed packages with poudriere. Regards,
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