Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:18:12 -0400 From: Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@earthlink.net> To: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade Tool Message-ID: <20060429131812.eeb30d31.bsd-unix@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <44538D42.8030301@chrismaness.com> References: <44538D42.8030301@chrismaness.com>
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On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:58:58 -0700 Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> wrote: > Currently, I download the tarballs for each specific application by > hand, delete the old folder, then untar the new directory in the ports > tree. Is there an app that does this without having to do this by > hand. I know about cvs syncing the whole ports tree, but I prefer to > upgrade the specific applications that have issues not the whole tree. You might try devel/portcheckout. I've used this in the past to upgrade/downgrade specific ports when there was sufficient reason to do so. I avoid doing this since (IMHO) its much easier to just maintain the whole tree on a regular basis than to administer a custom ports tree. HTH, Randy --
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