From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 12 21:34:32 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 A535C16A404 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:34:32 +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 43BDF13C44B for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:34:32 +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 l2CLYWQ7024044; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:34:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l2CLYWeI024043; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:34:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:34:32 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Gerard Seibert Message-ID: <20070312213432.GC76034@thought.org> References: <20070312194100.GA17033@thought.org> <20070312160500.173fe5cf@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070312160500.173fe5cf@localhost> 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: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 21:34:32 -0000 On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 04:05:00PM -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote: > On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:41:00 -0800 > 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. > > > > thanks for some insights here, > > Actually, I use something like that. I created a script that runs both > portsnap and portmanager. > > > #!/bin/sh > /usr/sbin/portsnap cron update > /usr/local/bin/portmanager -u -l -p > > I call this script from CRON once a week. It seems to work quite well. > If you have a MAILTO in CRON, it will even give you a print out of what > transpired. You can just send output to /dev/null of course. > > Do make sure you have the latest version of 'portmanager' installed. It > was recently updated. You cannot update it using itself. You must use > the 'make install && make clean' method. If you are not familiar with > 'portsnap', just read the manual. Gotta check out portsnap. There's got to be some means of automating most of this. Some human intervention may always' be required (else: "Why am I here?" :). But hopefully a min. thanks, gary > > -- > Gerard > > If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry. > > Anton Chekov -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix