Re: ports upgrade question
On 6/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a newbie running 6.1 stable and I have what may be several simple questions: What exactly is happening when I run make index make readmes after I upgrade my ports tree? Why aren't the indexes and readmes made when we run cvsup ports You don't need to run make index... just cd into /usr/ports and type Better yet, don't screw with cvsup. Portsnap is standard equipment in 6.x. It's much faster, uses less bandwidth, and is even less load on the update server. And it does the indexes automatically. Just man portsnap or search the archives. -Wayne ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ports upgrade question
I'm a newbie running 6.1 stable and I have what may be several simple questions: What exactly is happening when I run make index make readmes after I upgrade my ports tree? Why aren't the indexes and readmes made when we run cvsup ports-supfile? Finally, why does it take so long to make what appear (to me) to be fairly small files? Thanks. -- Aaron ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ports upgrade question
On 6/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a newbie running 6.1 stable and I have what may be several simple questions: What exactly is happening when I run make index make readmes after I upgrade my ports tree? Why aren't the indexes and readmes made when we run cvsup ports-supfile? Finally, why does it take so long to make what appear (to me) to be fairly small files? Thanks. You don't need to run make index... just cd into /usr/ports and type 'make fetchindex' after every cvsup session. You don't need to run make readmes too, these are just html pages with all the ports listed on them... see here for an example: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ports upgrade question
On 6/10/06, Nikolas Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a newbie running 6.1 stable and I have what may be several simple questions: What exactly is happening when I run make index make readmes after I upgrade my ports tree? Why aren't the indexes and readmes made when we run cvsup ports-supfile? Finally, why does it take so long to make what appear (to me) to be fairly small files? Thanks. You don't need to run make index... just cd into /usr/ports and type 'make fetchindex' after every cvsup session. You don't need to run make readmes too, these are just html pages with all the ports listed on them... see here for an example: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ err... that link/example should be something more like this one: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=stuffstype=allsektion=all -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ports upgrade question 4.10 stable
I am a new FreeBSD user coming from Debian Linux. I think I have finally got the upgrading process done right. I just need to know if I am missing anything or have something configured wrong. I have gotten bits and pieces from this forum, FreeBSD handbook and the examples that came with this installation. The following is the supfile that I use with cvsup (no-gui) # start supfile # $FreeBSD: src/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile,v 1.19.2.6 # 2002/08/06 08:24:46 blackend Exp $ modified from the original file # above cvsup hosts listed at # http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mirrors.html. *default host=cvsup4.us.FreeBSD.org *default base=/var/db *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=. *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress # Main Ports Tree. ports-all # end supfile The following script is the one I use to upgrade the ports: # start of script file cd /usr/ports # # check and rebuild pkg database pkgdb -Fuvf # # run ports-all cvs cvsup -g -L 2 -r 5 /root/stable-ports-supfile echo . echo strike any key to continue clear # # check and rebuild again the pkg db pkgdb -Fuvf # # get new list and check for insecure programs portaudit -aF /root/portaudit_log.txt clear less /root/portaudit_log.txt # # not sure if this is needed...portmanager /usr/local/bin/portmanager -s /root/portmanager_status_log.txt clear less /root/portmanager_status.txt clear # # check for any needed steps before updating less /usr/ports/UPDATING # clear echo It is VERY important that you read all echo of the UPDATING file! echo . echo If you ignore the contents of this file, echo you may end up with a broken system... echo . echo You have been warned echo . echo If after reading the UPDATING file, you need echo to make any manual changes...Ctrl C to echo abort this script echo . echo otherwise strike a key to do a portupgrade read JUNK clear # # perform upgrade and generate a list of ports portupgrade -a -v -l /root/portupgrade_log.txt clear less /root/portupgrade_log.txt # # check and rebuild agian the pkg db pkgdb -Fuvf # end of script file -- - Windows users say they travel at the speed of sound - Linux users say they travel at the speed of light - FreeBSD users say...what's taking you guys so long? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ports upgrade question
Hi to everyone ! I'm sure that this is a trivial question to ask . I'm considering source and ports tree upgarde from 5.2_REL to 5.2.1_REL . I've never did cvs before (usually i back up , format + binary install and restore ) . I've read the article from the handbook and everything is pretty much explained there . My question is when i install the new distro how should i upgrade the ports tree after syncing it from cvs ? Are there any guidelines , tips or tricks ? I've heard about portupgrade port . Is this the right tool for bringing my ports up to date ? Your help will be greatly appreciated and I hope will save me hours of hesitation and headache :-) Thanks Excuse my english ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ports upgrade question
On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 02:25:18PM +0300, alexander botov wrote: I'm sure that this is a trivial question to ask . I'm considering source and ports tree upgarde from 5.2_REL to 5.2.1_REL . I've never did cvs before (usually i back up , format + binary install and restore ) . I've read the article from the handbook and everything is pretty much explained there . My question is when i install the new distro how should i upgrade the ports tree after syncing it from cvs ? Are there any guidelines , tips or tricks ? I've heard about portupgrade port . Is this the right tool for bringing my ports up to date ? Your help will be greatly appreciated and I hope will save me hours of hesitation and headache :-) You've pretty much got the right idea. portupgrade(1) is the tool to use. However, you should read /usr/ports/UPDATING carefully -- apart from anything else, if you're upgrading from the ports tree as it was at the time of 5.2-RELEASE you'll have a tricky ruby(1) version bump to deal with (ruby is the language portupgrade is written in) as well as major updates for some large software collections like Gnome and KDE. Note that the ports collection is developed pretty much independently from the base system, and reflects the completely independent development of software by any number of completely different projects. There's no particular requirement to only upgrade your ports concurrently with upgrading your system. In fact, it's probably better to upgrade ports slightly more frequently (or perhaps even a lot more frequently) than the base system. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
