Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 02:07:57 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: martin hudec <corwin@aeternal.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portsnap and updates using cron Message-ID: <4315D5DD.3080100@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <20050831140846.GD39126@amber.aeternal.net> References: <20050831112105.GA39126@amber.aeternal.net> <4315B697.5010001@daleco.biz> <20050831140846.GD39126@amber.aeternal.net>
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martin hudec wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 08:54:31AM -0500 or thereabouts, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > >>Not sure. Check the logs, etc. If you're familiar with ktrace, >>kdump, etc., you could follow the program's progress if you >>find no log information. > > > /var/log/cron reports me that cronjob was done. No I am not familiar > with ktrace, kdump etc. man ktrace man kdump in a nutshell: ktrace shows the kernel calls that a process is executing. It creates a dump file which you can view with kdump. similar (better actually) than strace and whatever other ?trace found in linux. > > First, I tell my custom script (with environment set by PATH=) to call > portsnap fetch && portsnap update, but he is unable to fetch anything > at all, therefore I started to use portsnap cron and I hoped to be > able to fetch it. then it seems it's a portsnap problem and not cron...get it working in your normal shell first and then focus on automating it. (btw, what's wrong with (cd /usr/ports/ ; make update) , or a cvsup cmd line?)
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