On Aug 16, 2014, at 3:40 PM, Mark Brethen <mark.bret...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Aug 16, 2014, at 3:17 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote: > >> >> On Aug 16, 2014, at 2:53 PM, Mark Brethen wrote: >>> >>> Is automating your macports upgrades recommended? I checked the howtos and >>> faq, but didn't find instructions. What is the method to set this up? >> >> I don't believe we have anything written up about that. For myself, I like >> to be in control of what is updated and when. >> >> > > One suggestion I found is to create the script '/etc/daily.local' (could also > be weekly or monthly) that runs selfupdate followed by upgrade outdated and > sends the output to a log file. I haven't tried it and don't know what issues > you might run into. > > Mark > On one of my machines I run such a script via launchd: echo "Start $(date)" /opt/local/bin/port sync /opt/local/bin/port upgrade outdated echo "Finish $(date)" launchd pipes the output to log files so I can inspect the nightly runs from the Console. However, I still do port selfupdate manually… Marius -- Marius Schamschula _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
