Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 04:11:50 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: David Jackson <djackson452@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Still having trouble with package upgrades Message-ID: <20120308041150.422a4c57.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAGy-%2Bi8HZMhq0Vubn6uuNhLmdCGgfJyg_e%2BmBfXxNPEwhMhFwg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGy-%2Bi-faTgPPFya8TD8rjkHG0=4E8S6Pvy2XiawXMru6z=pRQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAFKhKgpDqKxL_AbWp51FwG18btFuQ==EbA9iswDde-HukdZwfA@mail.gmail.com> <CAGy-%2Bi9vfG8Zn_xogdEbX0aHRxAdAd8PtPzxGv_X-6wFsA%2BMEg@mail.gmail.com> <20120308005143.2b0763c7.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAGy-%2Bi8HZMhq0Vubn6uuNhLmdCGgfJyg_e%2BmBfXxNPEwhMhFwg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 22:04:35 -0500, David Jackson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > > On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 12:05:37 -0500, David Jackson wrote: > > > > Many of your issues are non-issues, as your suggestions were > > > > implemented in some form long ago. For example, updated applications > > > > are compiled and available online. You can use "pkg_add -r" to > > > > install the newest binary package that is available, or you can update > > > > your an installed application by updating the ports and using > > > > portupgrade, which has options to control whether you compile updates > > > > from source or install binary packages. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pkg-add -r does not seem to be an "upgrade all packages" sort of feature > > I > > > am looking for. I have tried pkg-upgrade, portmaster, and portupgrade, > > all > > > of these do not work. > > > > The portupgrade -PP command should be fine, if your ports > > tree is up to date. > > > > > > > portupgrade -PP did not work for me, it gave me error messages about failed > downloads. Have you been able to perform the download manually? This is _not_ for actual use, but for diagnostics! Is the URI accessed by portupgrade properly constructed? Typically it's a FTP URI that you can check using the system's standard FTP tool (or web browser, if you want). I had similar trouble years ago when portupgrade wasn't considered "mature enough", but today there should be a good reason for a failing download. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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