Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:26:00 -0800 From: inspector.us@omicnet.com To: Martin Karlsson <martin.karlsson@visit.se> Cc: FBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Portupgrade; best bet? Message-ID: <86VP3ZLGF05XS2UGBPKZTJEXSC987XU.3c9f95e8@inspector2> In-Reply-To: <20020325201041.GC507@foo31-146.visit.se>
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I tried making the cvsupit port (recommended to me as more newbie- oriented), and had problems. It sounds like an effective way to update, and I do plan to read the docs again. Any help would be appreciated. I'm running FreeBSD 4.5 release. Thank you, Joshua 3/25/2002 12:10:42 PM, Martin Karlsson <martin.karlsson@visit.se> wrote: >* inspector.us@omicnet.com <inspector.us@omicnet.com> [2002-03- 25 11.18 -0800]: >> Hello all; >> >> I have read the handbook section on cvsup. It's a little too much for me. >> I have installed the portupgrade utility. I could use a suggestion on how to >> [best] upgrade my ports collection, as I need XFree86-4.2.0. > >How to best upgrade your ports collection: use CVSup. It really >isn't hard. However, I guess you could always download a gzip'd tar >file. You'll find a link to it at: > >http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html > >HTH >-- >Martin > > ***************************** Joshua Lokken inspector.us@omicnet.com www.omicnet.com Ph: 503 223-1497 Fax: 503 223-9436 ***************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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