Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 19:56:19 -0400 From: "David Stanford" <dthomas53@gmail.com> To: "Curtis Vaughan" <cavaughan@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports upgrade Message-ID: <f2c91f770704051656g7f1f4217t35bda832fc41e1af@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2488F872-59CF-48DE-9297-5250B1C6EFB4@gmail.com> References: <2488F872-59CF-48DE-9297-5250B1C6EFB4@gmail.com>
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> So, I wanted to update my ports. > I ran: > > > portsnap fetch update > > But after running portversion I noticed several ports were still older > than the current. > So I ran: > > > portsdb -U > > After which, nonetheless, portversion shows the same ports as before > being > older than the current. > > What am I missing? I think you may be confusing the purpose of these two utilities. portsnap is used to update your ports tree (/usr/ports directory). 'portsdb -U' will update your ports INDEX. Neither of these actually updates the software you have installed on your system; for that you can try portupgrade (ports-mgmt/portupgrade). -David -- [root@fbsd ~]# fortune Happiness is just an illusion, filled with sadness and confusion.
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