On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:07:22PM -0700, Waitman Gobble wrote: > Warren Block <wbl...@wonkity.com> wrote .. > > On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Waitman Gobble wrote: > > > > > I ran pkg_libchk and it looks like a whole boatload of packages need > > > to be replaced, so I decided to skip to the chase and give the update > > > script a 'replace' option.. it checks the package version available in > > > the packages directory on the freebsd site with what's installed, if > > > there's a newer version it downloads it and does the MD5 check, > > > creates an update.sh script to replace (the update script doesn't > > > actually do any udpating!) Anyhow, with 'replace' it will either > > > replace the existing or use the newer if available. I've been using > > > this script to update the system and it works pretty good for me, > > > except when I veer off path and get into ports like with my libpng > > > issue. :) > > > > There is a pkg_upgrade command in the bsdadminscripts, too. However, > > pkgng will change all that soon. > > Thanks, I tried pkgng a few months ago and it didn't seem to do > updates... but I recall many updates on the mail list so I'm sure it's > much different now, and works much better. I'll definitely check it > out.
It does, but you need a working repository for it.
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