Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:57:47 +0100 From: Bob Eager <rde@tavi.co.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building Latest links etc. Message-ID: <20150719205747.4d5cf827@raksha.tavi.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4977058.5qqUZ7VOOo@desk8.phess.net> References: <20150717141512.4a0a037e@raksha.tavi.co.uk> <4977058.5qqUZ7VOOo@desk8.phess.net>
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On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:48:39 +0200 Patrick Hess <patrickhess@gmx.net> wrote: > Bob Eager wrote: > > I now want to update the ports. I see how to do this using > > portmaster, and how to generate packages on the package server. > > > > But...how do I use portmaster on the 'slave' machines, using the > > packages I built? > > Is there a particular reason why you want to use portmaster > instead of just running "pkg upgrade"? Portmaster might be > a great tool for building your packages, but when it comes > to installing or upgrading these packages on another machine, > I'd stick with pkg(8). Good point. I'll try that out on a test machine. After all, the package server is already a repo. I guess it was because the portmaster man page talks about it. I wonder if the whole idea is cruft left over from pre-pkg days.
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