Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:06:40 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gemeral questions (noobish) Message-ID: <20080803160640.01940cac@ayiin> In-Reply-To: <200808022235.40815.marshc187@gmail.com> References: <200808021550.48302.marshc187@gmail.com> <g725v7$fua$1@ger.gmane.org> <18580.47343.395943.288119@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <200808022235.40815.marshc187@gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 22:35:40 +0200
mcassar <marshc187@gmail.com> wrote:
> so most of you _do_ use or prefer csup/cvsup more than portsnap, right?
Welcome! :)
yes and no :P I like portsnap. faster.
For my ports, i run this script ( ~/bin/update_ports.sh)
#!/bin/sh
sudo portsnap fetch && sudo portsnap update
---
( sudo is the port security/sudo and it allows for fine grained control
root-access to certain commands only )
There are 2 ports that will help you with management of your ports/packages -
ports-mgmt/portupgrade and ports-mgmt/portmaster ( which
means /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade/ , etc... ) - they can tell you what
needs updating,etc (can't remember if it is in the handbook...)
Anyway, for my src tree:
1) my /etc/make.conf has :
[...]
SUP_UPDATE=YES
SUP=/usr/bin/csup
SUPFLAGS=-g -L 2 -P m
SUPFILE=/usr/local/etc/standard-supfile
NO_PORTSUPDATE=true
[...]
-----
the NO_PORTSUPDATE=true is so the std supfile doesn't pull in ports too. (maybe
i don't need it anymore, but it really doesn't break anything).
The /usr/local/etc/standard-supfile is :
*default host=cvsup5.FreeBSD.org
*default base=/var/db
*default prefix=/usr
## next line can have a date to peg src tree to a particular date : date=2007.12.05.01.00.00
*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7
*default delete use-rel-suffix
*default compress
src-all
----------------------
and to update,
cd /usr/src && sudo make update
Mind you, I am tracking STABLE. and use this because i have a custom kernel
(just because i can :P ). For those of my machines which use GENERIC,i just use
freebsd-update as explained by Giorgios already.
Any issues, just shoot more emails :)
Have fun!
B
_________________________
{Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome
Quantum Logic Chicken:
The chicken is distributed probabalistically on all sides of the
road until you observe it on the side of your course.
I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet.
Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been
Warned.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20080803160640.01940cac>