On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 22:35:40 +0200 mcassar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so most of you _do_ use or prefer csup/cvsup more than portsnap, right?
Welcome! :) yes and no :P I like portsnap. faster. For my ports, i run this script ( ~/bin/update_ports.sh) #!/bin/sh sudo portsnap fetch && sudo portsnap update --- ( sudo is the port security/sudo and it allows for fine grained control root-access to certain commands only ) There are 2 ports that will help you with management of your ports/packages - ports-mgmt/portupgrade and ports-mgmt/portmaster ( which means /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade/ , etc... ) - they can tell you what needs updating,etc (can't remember if it is in the handbook...) Anyway, for my src tree: 1) my /etc/make.conf has : [...] SUP_UPDATE=YES SUP=/usr/bin/csup SUPFLAGS=-g -L 2 -P m SUPFILE=/usr/local/etc/standard-supfile NO_PORTSUPDATE=true [...] ----- the NO_PORTSUPDATE=true is so the std supfile doesn't pull in ports too. (maybe i don't need it anymore, but it really doesn't break anything). The /usr/local/etc/standard-supfile is : *default host=cvsup5.FreeBSD.org *default base=/var/db *default prefix=/usr ## next line can have a date to peg src tree to a particular date : date=2007.12.05.01.00.00 *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7 *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress src-all ---------------------- and to update, cd /usr/src && sudo make update Mind you, I am tracking STABLE. and use this because i have a custom kernel (just because i can :P ). For those of my machines which use GENERIC,i just use freebsd-update as explained by Giorgios already. Any issues, just shoot more emails :) Have fun! B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome Quantum Logic Chicken: The chicken is distributed probabalistically on all sides of the road until you observe it on the side of your course. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"