Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:07:51 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: meslists@yahoo.fr Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading installed ports: time to do it ? Message-ID: <b79ecaef0906211307g7be0d5baob2b1cf279dac3c5b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200906212038.39370.meslists@yahoo.fr> References: <200906212038.39370.meslists@yahoo.fr>
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2009/6/21 danny <meslists@yahoo.fr>: > Hi list members , > > I frequently update the contents of the ports tree but I have never upgraded > any port. I am studying the way to do it, by following the handbook and an > article on The FreeBSD Diary about the use of portupgrade. > At the moment I am focuing the attention to the '/usr/ports/UPDATING' file. > The question that arose is the following: is there any automated way to check > if any of the port to be upgraded has specific upgrading notes written in > that file ? > Do you prefer doing a mass or selective upgrade ? > > Thanks ! > > dan I would tend to upgrade perl first; have a look in UPDATING to see how it's done. That'll upgrade the majority of your ports too. You may also have a small problem if you're still running XFree86 (which you probably will if you've had your system a while). Look in UPDATING for that too, and then just do a portupgrade -aP. Good luck, and I hope your processor's properly cooled! Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?
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