Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:32:39 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: abram olson <dacia_icarus@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to update ports collection Message-ID: <01071022323901.00349@mark9.vladsempire.net> In-Reply-To: <20010711030641.45911.qmail@web13506.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20010711030641.45911.qmail@web13506.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tuesday 10 July 2001 22:06, abram olson wrote: > Could I update the ports collection on my 4.3-release > machine from here: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable/ports/ > > If so, how? A url describing the procedure would be > great. > I have to admit that I don't know the answer to that question, but most people update their ports using cvsup. There is a section on using cvsup in the handbook at www.freebsd.org/handbook. > Since I'm on a 56k, could I update just the programs > that I want updated? Would I just copy the files in > Cvsupping the ports and the source to -STABLE isn't that big of a deal even on a 56k. I think it took me about 40 minutes to go from 4.2-RELEASE to 4.3-STABLE the last time I did an install. Josh > x11/XFree86-4/ > > to my hd if I wanted to upgrade X to 4.1? > > Thanks for helping the newbie out folks. I want to > learn "the right way" to take care of my bsd system. > > > Abe > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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