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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Justin Victoria <vic@yeaguy.com>
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Cc: justin.victoria@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: 4.5.4 Upgrading Ports (Handbook)
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On Fri, 22 Oct 2010, Justin Victoria wrote:

> Step 1:
>
> pkg_version -v:
>
> Ok done.. bunch of stuff needs updating:
> ...
>
> Step 2:
>
> Update Ports collection: Ports collection updated everynite via cron job and 
> cvsup. Done...
>
> Check /usr/ports/UPDATING..
>
> This seems very time consuming considering i have a long list of ports that 
> need updating..  (can i safely skip this step?)

No.  UPDATING lists the exceptions and problems.  You only have to check 
it since the date of your last update, though.

My Upgrading FreeBSD Ports article: 
http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/portupgrade.html