From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 21 20:08:12 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E03E51065670 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:08:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f212.google.com (mail-ew0-f212.google.com [209.85.219.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FFAB8FC19 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:08:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so3313042ewy.43 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:08:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=NoPtEKzRw1rMTYamqjhVO1BQBIm+3uoHaOogUxcN7w0=; b=dztBakMIXhHTgTxqo4lHIr2MiQUiWr7UV+Fg/312PRFNQpmtt0pfK0f4jcasjc84F3 BgZu9KqKNp9kseufb52mF0rF9CD+fulaY4k6PbOOmL42IIWxy1eo5GKiCyXm8VilAXu4 m/DduPT2ydz16uLr3eX08Ql82olZRI/tbDZ7c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=QY5ospGrQud/ejcxdpKyFoRZw8sX0udvCWZiGsl2ZTDlfa1hA/qKNnKE72csmKe4Lr dPTktH6nseyj0F69nNqMs2zRsF7K2yaCGwvEo59qH3k76HUYY+4mgPjE8VJkjp4IlDX9 xFbkopVsJQKDWsmVNgF1QwlKPbxQspqrv1kHw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.13.74 with SMTP id a52mr1902167wea.145.1245614891119; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:08:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200906212038.39370.meslists@yahoo.fr> References: <200906212038.39370.meslists@yahoo.fr> From: Chris Rees Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:07:51 +0100 Message-ID: To: meslists@yahoo.fr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading installed ports: time to do it ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:08:13 -0000 2009/6/21 danny : > Hi list members , > > I frequently update the contents of the ports tree but I have never upgraded > any port. I am studying the way to do it, by following the handbook and an > article on The FreeBSD Diary about the use of portupgrade. > At the moment I am focuing the attention to the '/usr/ports/UPDATING' file. > The question that arose is the following: is there any automated way to check > if any of the port to be upgraded has specific upgrading notes written in > that file ? > Do you prefer doing a mass or selective upgrade ? > > Thanks ! > > dan I would tend to upgrade perl first; have a look in UPDATING to see how it's done. That'll upgrade the majority of your ports too. You may also have a small problem if you're still running XFree86 (which you probably will if you've had your system a while). Look in UPDATING for that too, and then just do a portupgrade -aP. Good luck, and I hope your processor's properly cooled! Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?