Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 21:59:10 +0000 From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Does running ``# portupgrade -arRp '' prompt for options or updates everything without prompts? Message-ID: <BANLkTim=mtDsLJQq1K28iaH6tXbLvFnOSA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1105061441520.32589@wonkity.com> References: <BANLkTinDDSsZFFAYQ=tpLOLdu4Wfog3ZpQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1105051931240.28646@wonkity.com> <BANLkTikaY-=iLtvG9rdHfLpFFDpcZhQo1g@mail.gmail.com> <20110506190941.64bc8ee5.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1105061153100.32123@wonkity.com> <BANLkTinSjeDAyh-vnN-RnR=zMm980HkayQ@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTin_wHq-GLDzx9JDuTLQwuNJi%2B1i0Q@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1105061441520.32589@wonkity.com>
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On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 May 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Antonio Olivares
>>
>> Sorry for TOP POSTING :(, but do I run
>> # portmaster -a -f -D
>>
>> and do an in place update of all ports?
>> is this the recommended way or nuking and rebuilding?
>
> After the attempt to install every port, I'd remove all, update the ports
> tree, and install only the needed ports. =A0Right now you may have many
> installed that are not just unneeded but unwanted.
>
I am following the advice given in man portmaster:
<quote>
Using portmaster to do a complete reinstallation of all your ports:
1. portmaster --list-origins > ~/installed-port-list
Print only the ports that have available updates. This can be used as=
an
alias in your shell. Be sure to fix the line wrapping appropriately.
portmaster -L |
egrep -B1 '(ew|ort) version|Aborting|installed|dependencies|
IGNORE|marked|Reason:|MOVED|deleted|exist|update' | grep -v '^--=
'
2. Update your ports tree
3. portmaster -ty --clean-distfiles
4. portmaster --check-port-dbdir
5. portmaster -Faf
6. pkg_delete -a
7. rm -rf /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg
8. Back up any files in /usr/local you wish to save,
such as configuration files in /usr/local/etc
9. Manually check /usr/local and /var/db/pkg
to make sure that they are really empty
10. Re-install portmaster
11. portmaster `cat ~/installed-port-list`
</quote>
Mostly everything is step 11 :) Will come back hopefully with a fully
updated machine.
Regards,
Antonio
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