On 03/05/2011 07:48, Greg Byshenk wrote:
On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 11:04:36PM +0800, Yue Wu wrote:
I'm trying to use package instead of ports these day, but a few
questions have:
1. How to reserve packages that fetched via `pkg_add -r`?
Not sure what you're asking here, can you clarify?
2. How to know if there are updates for packages, and how to update?
There may be a better way, but one way to deal with (2) is to have an
up-to-date ports tree. Then 'pkg_version -vL=' will show you which of
your ports are out of date. Then 'portmaster -PP [...]' will force
package use for updates.
If you have an up-to-date ports tree, then I think that
portmaster -abPP
The -PP option has to be by itself on the command line, or you can use
--packages-only.
However portmaster doesn't need a ports tree to operate on packages
only. You can use the --index-only --packages-only options and it'll
work just fine. You'll want to read the man page before getting started.
hth,
Doug
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