Hi Folks, I might be a bit confused here. If so, I'm sure you'll tell me about it ;-)
I'm running FreeBSD 5.3. I want to update my ports. So I went to the FreeBSD handbook and started reading up on how to do that. According to what I read, I need to install cvsup then create a supfile. OK, so far so good. I just now installed cvsup-without-gui (I'm not running any kind of gui - this is a server).
I don't want to update my entire system from FreeBSD 5.3 to something else then do all the make world stuff (although it would be a good idea for me to learn how to do that someday - I just want to update my ports). I got started on this because I wanted to install webmin but I noticed that, in my ports collection the version of webmin is 1.150 whereas the current webmin port at Freshports is version 1.260_2. I figured it would be a good idea just to go ahead and update my ports first before installing webmin so I could install the latest version from ports rather than downloading the tar.gz and installing it that way.
Next I need the supfile. I took a look at /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile (I think that's what I want) but that looks like something that is going to upgrade the entire system (as I said - probably a good idea but I just don't want to do that now, I just want to update my ports).
Can't I just update the ports without updating the entire system? If so, am I going about it the right way or am I just plain confused? If I am going about it the right way then I think there's something about the supfile that I obviously don't understand.
I'ld appreciate it if someone on this list could straighten out my thinking. Thanks, Lisa Casey _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
