From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 12 21:25:35 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 458A216A400 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:25:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB52D13C455 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:25:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l2CLPZff015623; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:25:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l2CLPYSd015620; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:25:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:25:34 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Chuck Swiger Message-ID: <20070312212534.GB76034@thought.org> References: <20070312194100.GA17033@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: what "port*" string can I crontab that will *work*? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:25:35 -0000 On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 12:48:59PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Mar 12, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > > Anybody have an automatic (/etc/crontab) method of keeping > > ports current? I'm almost done upgrading my 5 systems to > > 6.2 (to be able to grab valid packages) and tried portupgrade > > with several variants of flags/switches. portuprade with > > -rpfP wound up recycling my packages most of the time. [?] > > I've starting to think that there may be no way of doing this > > automatically. portmanager -b -u -l may be better:: dunno. > > Trying to set up something to update ports automatically works only > when the changes involved do not require human intervention to adjust > config files, restart services after the update, and so forth. > > In other words, this will work OK for a short period of time in the > face of minor version bumps, but as soon as a major change to one > port occurs which requires one to adjust or change a config file, an > automated update will break there. There is no free lunch with > regard to managing servers...a human eventually needs to oversee the > process. > Rats. :-)/2. I started saving current ports to /usr/ports/packages to be able to scp the tbz files around. But at least five pkg_add's would be required, depending. And five pkgdb -F's too. (*mumble*) thanks, gary > -- > -Chuck > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix