Thanks Warren and Michael! :-)
On Sun, 12 Sep 2010, Kaya Saman wrote:
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??
The ports tree is just build instructions, so updating it doesn't update
any
Kaya Saman wrote:
[snip]
> 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??
>
> You have to rebuild them.
>
> Does this apply to ports too??
Yes. A package is just a port that someone has
On Sun, 12 Sep 2010, Kaya Saman wrote:
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??
The ports tree is just build instructions, so updating it doesn't update
any installed applications. It doe
Hi Jerry and Michael,
thanks for all the advise and information!!
I think I was confusing terminologies a little
I was trying to imply that I have been building from ports all this time
and *not* using pkg_add to obtain pre-built packages. I think mainly
it's just that I've been using pac
Kaya Saman wrote:
> [...]
>> csup -L 2 ports && portsdb -uF && pkgdb -u && portversion
To elaborate a little. csup -L 2 ports is what refreshes the ports tree.
Portupgrade is a third party app you can install to assist in automating the
updating process. Once you've installed portupgrade there
On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:34:52 +0300
Kaya Saman articulated:
> [...]
> > 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 need
[...]
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 hou
Kaya Saman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have 2 servers one production and another test.
>
> The test machine's packages however, seem to be older then the
> production machines one's even though I built the production system a
> few months ago.
>
> I used the: portupgrade command in order to try to upgra
On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 05:12:25 -0500 Chris wrote:
> I'll paraphrase what you said as I understand you;
> Upgrading packages to a RELEASE system (by way of setting set
> PACKAGESITE to reflect:
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7-stable/Latest/)
> Would indeed keep them updated
On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:42:02 +0400
Boris Samorodov wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 01:08:54 -0500 Chris wrote:
> > On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:50:08 +0400
> > Boris Samorodov wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:25:18 -0500 Chris wrote:
>
> > > > Thanks - although, this seems a moot point if one sticks wi
On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 01:08:54 -0500 Chris wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:50:08 +0400
> Boris Samorodov wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:25:18 -0500 Chris wrote:
> > > Thanks - although, this seems a moot point if one sticks with
> > > RELEASE (until a point release that is I suppose).
> >
> > Pac
On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:50:08 +0400
Boris Samorodov wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:25:18 -0500 Chris wrote:
> > On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:17:12 +0400
> > Boris Samorodov wrote:
> > > On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:15:53 -0500 Chris wrote:
> > >
> > > > Probably a long time discussed question:
> > > > Updati
On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:25:18 -0500 Chris wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:17:12 +0400
> Boris Samorodov wrote:
> > On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:15:53 -0500 Chris wrote:
> >
> > > Probably a long time discussed question:
> > > Updating a system is (or can be) done with freebsd-update.
> > > What is the sug
On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:17:12 +0400
Boris Samorodov wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:15:53 -0500 Chris wrote:
>
> > Probably a long time discussed question:
> > Updating a system is (or can be) done with freebsd-update.
> > What is the suggested way of upgrading packages (not ports)?
>
> The port
On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:15:53 -0500 Chris wrote:
> Probably a long time discussed question:
> Updating a system is (or can be) done with freebsd-update.
> What is the suggested way of upgrading packages (not ports)?
The port sysutils/bsdadminscripts has a script pkg_upgrade
to upgrade packages.
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On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 01:32:47 +0200
Polytropon wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:15:53 -0500, Chris wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Probably a long time discussed question:
> > Updating a system is (or can be) done with freebsd-update.
> > What is the suggested way of upgrading packages (not ports)?
>
On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:15:53 -0500, Chris wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Probably a long time discussed question:
> Updating a system is (or can be) done with freebsd-update.
> What is the suggested way of upgrading packages (not ports)?
There's at least portupgrade with the -P option that forces the
us
On 9/4/06, Phares Kariuki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello
I installed Samba 2 on a FreeBSD box running 5.4 Stable...
now the problem is this... I urgently need to upgrade this package
but cannot seem to find a way to do so... I didnt install it off the port...
In istalled it using pkg_add... i
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