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Subject: Re: cvsup of ports, then what?
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Hi Patrick,

Patrick O'Reilly wrote:
> 
> Ok, thanks to many of you for helping me get cvsup on the STABLE branch
> running!!!
> 
> It's so "kewl" to be so up to date! (Sorry, these young techies running
> around these days are having a bad influence on my vocabulary :)
> 
> Anyway, I want to use cvsup to keep up with the ports I am using too.  I
> understand that ports are effectively CURRENT, not STABLE, that's OK.  I've
> also run cvsup on the ports-all collection, and got a whole update of the
> ports tree.  So, the cvsup bit is done - no problem.
> 
> But, what now?
> 
> I have a number (15 or so) of packages/ports installed.  Do I need to run
> "make" for each of my ports again?  

Yes - but most of us don't bother unless an app is broken or comes out with
a feature we need.

> Or is there something simpler that will know which ports I have 
> installed and do them all together for me?  Also,
  ^^^^^^^^^ Yes                      ^^^^^^^ No

  man pkg_info

> mergemaster is a beauty when making the world - is there anything similar
> for the ports?
 
No.
  
Eddie.

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