Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:34:52 +0300 From: Kaya Saman <kayasaman@gmail.com> To: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading packages - portupgrade confusion Message-ID: <4C8CBADC.3070904@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <i6hb6t$s10$1@dough.gmane.org> References: <4C8C0110.20801@gmail.com> <i6hb6t$s10$1@dough.gmane.org>
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[...] > Have you refreshed the ports tree(s) with csup using the same supfile to > ensure the ports trees are up to date ( and therefore identical)? Since you > are using portugrade, as I do, this is what I do to see what needs to be > done: > > I cd to /usr/sup which is where I keep my supfiles and the housekeeping. > Then using this command sequence will refresh the ports tree, the ports > index database, and ensure the package database is clean and synced. > Portversion then just tells you with a "<" symbol any that are old and in > need of an update. > > csup -L 2 ports&& portsdb -uF&& pkgdb -u&& portversion > > where "ports" above is my supfile for ports refresh and looks like this: > > *default host=cvsup.nl.freebsd.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs tag=. > *default delete use-rel-suffix compress > ports-all > > Then a portupgrade -a as required. If all symbols in the right column are > "=" everything is up to date and nothing is required. Adjust server location > for mirror near you (or one that works best). > > -Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Thanks alot Mike for the response!! I didn't actually refresh the ports tree so I'm gona have to do that. The thing I don't quite understand though is that if the ports tree gets refreshed, do the packages get upgraded or will I need to rebuild them?? I slightly recall the csup commnad, however I've never actually performed an inplace upgrade of a package in BSD. Only done this kind of thing in Linux - Debian/Ubuntu, CentOS and Solaris - OpenSolaris, Belenix where they have package managers. What's the process for upgrading a package? make reinstall clean?? Many Thanks Kaya
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