packages

[Chris]

On Saturday 11 October 2003 01:47 pm, Peter Schuller wrote:
> > i would like to know when will FreeBSD crew update packages.. for
> > example: flashplugin for mozilla is still version 4, linux allready has
> > 6; mozilla 1.4b is beta?? there is gnome 2.4 out.. getta move on guys...
>
> Sounds like you want to keep and up-to-date ports collection:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html
>
> The easiest way is probably the cvsup method, if you wish to always have
> access to the latest ports with a minimum of fuss. Combine that with
> "portupgrade -arP" and you have a pretty efficient mechanism of upgrading
> all your packages.

Some things that I do:

First and foremost, ensure you have this -
1. Edit /etc/make.conf, add WITHOUT_GUI=yes
2. cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui ; make install && make clean
3. cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade ; make install && make clean
4. Ensure all sup files reflect cvsup2.FreeBSD.org as the cvs server (or your 
fav)

This part assumes you have your sup files somewhere in /root

1. /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L2 /root/ports-supfile && /usr/local/sbin/portsdb 
-uU
2. /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb -fuF && /usr/local/sbin/portversion |grep "<"
3. /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade -arR

The above line is important - this will upgrade ALL of your installed ports 
and ALL dependencies.

I have put these routine into scripts and into /etc/periodic/daily - all 
execpt the portupgrade -arR 


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Best regards,
                 Chris
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