Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 10:09:04 +0100 From: Ashley Moran <work@ashleymoran.me.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portsdb & portsnap Message-ID: <432FD1B0.1000901@ashleymoran.me.uk> In-Reply-To: <14804094.1127206352804.JavaMail.root@pswm18.cp.tin.it> References: <14804094.1127206352804.JavaMail.root@pswm18.cp.tin.it>
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Vittorio wrote: > I'm having a go at using portsnap on my fbsd 5.4 notebook instead of > cvsup to update the ports. With the latter under the /usr/ports dir I > issue "make update" and "portsdb -uU" and finally "portupgrade -arR". > Now, using portsnap it seems to me that after "update" the program > itself refreshes the db. In fact if I issue "portversion -l "<" " a > list of upgradable packages pops up. Therefore I'm concluding that > after portsnap fetch, update, there's no need for a "portsdb -uU". > Am > I right or missing something (which is actually my feeling!)? > Ciao > Vittorio portsdb -u updates the ports database, but this is done whenever you access the db anyway (running portversion will do this) portsdb -U updates the index, but that portsnap takes care of that I've never needed to do this with portsnap- I'm pretty sure it's redundant. Ashley
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