Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:08:37 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: JosC <bsduser@cloudzeeland.nl> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports upgrade script Message-ID: <20160416170837.81dddb26.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <a8dfe6e8-dc62-6ecf-c7d1-d4902140f708@cloudzeeland.nl> References: <2daca22c-7719-0776-fbe8-3c37021298bf@cloudzeeland.nl> <20160416122425.b603d040.freebsd@edvax.de> <a8dfe6e8-dc62-6ecf-c7d1-d4902140f708@cloudzeeland.nl>
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On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 16:23:32 +0200, JosC wrote: > > In een bericht van 16-4-2016 12:24: > > Use either portsnap (binary upgrade) or svn (source upgrade) to keep > > your ports collection current. In your specific case, I'd probably be > > a good idea to entirely remove /usr/ports (or rename it) and start > > with a fresh copy, to be obtained by _one_ of the two methods. > Thanks for your suggestion - what I don't understand is why my /user/src > folder is emty. Terminology sidenote: The thing is called a directory, not "folder"; "folder" is the name of the graphical representation of a directory. :-) > Is that normal using portsnap? Yes. As the name _port_snap indicates, it only updates the ports collection, which is in /usr/ports. The /usr/src directory belongs to the OS and can be updated using freebsd-update, if you have the "src" component enabled in /etc/freebsd-update.conf (which is the default, if I remember correctly). Basically, freebsd-update can be used to update the kernel, the OS, and the /usr/src subtree. This directory could as well be updated using svn, but _then_ you'd have to build your system from that sources in order to upgrade it. As I said, starting with a clean /usr/src and then using either svn for it (and omitting "src" from the freebsd-update.conf settings) or freebsd-update (_with_ the "src" component). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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