Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:32:45 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Tim Smith <tsmith@apptechnc.net> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: update all installed ports Message-ID: <200104121832.f3CIWjW12747@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <20010412131443.B634@threads.polyesthetic.msg> References: <20010412131443.B634@threads.polyesthetic.msg>
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--==_Exmh_54293695P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Tim Smith wrote: > Hi. I've read the handbook and the porter's handbook, and have > looked at /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.*, but still haven't found an > answer to my question. > > Is it possible, with a simple command or script, to update all > of the ports I have installed at once? I mean, I want to make > sure that all of the ports that I use are the latest version, > but I don't want to install ports that I don't use. The short answer is: No, there isn't a way, and even if there was, you wouldn't want to do it. Remember, "newer isn't always better". > If anyone has a good way of doing this automatically, please let > me know. (I'm using -STABLE, if that matters.) "pkg_version -v" will help you figure out what's newer. "pkg_version -c" will generate some scripting stuff that will help you do some of the upgrading (but remember to RTFM to see all the caveats). Look at the archives for the -ports list to see many messages discussing this problem. :-p Hope this helps, Bruce. --==_Exmh_54293695P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 iD8DBQE61fTN2MoxcVugUsMRAiGJAKCfEHJm7qaDsRho3me/r1APnkUaewCgn/nV Suopevipy6A9nmL7iUU8wU4= =MTx3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_54293695P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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