Chris H. wrote:
Quoting "Chris H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hello,
I have a question as to accomplishing an upgrade of *only* what ports I
already have installed. That is to say; I somewhat frequently suck down
the latest source for system and ports for the release I run on my
servers
(RELENG_5_4 - soon to be 5_5) and usually rebuildworld/ kernel, and
*painfully*
the ports I already have installed. Which brings me to my issue; Is there
any way to rebuild (upgrade) the ports I already have installed, and
*only*
the ports I already have installed? I have recently discovered
portmaster.
Which is heads-and-tails over portupgrade. But (from my personal
knowlede/
experience) it doesn't provide a "one shot" command/ option to achieve my
desired goal. Many times while upgrading one of the ports, it will fail
during installation with the "HEY! this port is already installed! You
may
wish to cd to the ports directory and execute port deinstall, then port
reinstall" What?! I'm *upgrading* (or at least trying) this port. :\
Anyway, thank you for all your time and consideration.
--Chris H.
Hi Chris,
Does portupgrade -a not work for you?
Actually, I've been thinking maybe the better way to accomplish
this goal is:
Read /usr/ports/UPDATING
pkgdb -F
script pre-update-all
portupgrade -an
exit
Read pre-update-all and fix potential conflicts
script update-all
portupgrade -aFR
portupgrade -a
exit
Read update-all for special instructions that went by during upgrade.
As for the problem with a port utility telling you to deinstall a previous
version, I've run into this as well. The problem is that the upgrade tools
upgrade versions of the same application. They can't upgrade across
different
editions of a port. As an example, Apache 1.35 to Apache 2.2. Ports
treat them
as different applications. I think all the port utilities do this.
Best Regards,
Duane Whitty
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