View source for FreeBSD binary package upgrades

Say you're doing something strange.. like updating from 6.4-RELEASE to 6.4-RELEASE-p3.. maybe you're even<br/>
using freebsd-update(8).. awkward, eh?<br/>
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Well, say you want to also update your ports, but you just got away without rebuilding kernel/userland and<br/>
would like to do the same for ports.. not possible you say?  -- neat trick follows:<br/>
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  # export PKG_SITES="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org//pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/"
  # portupgrade -arRP
 
  (Now its time to listen to some music or have breakfast..)
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This will, in theory, fetch any binary packages it can from $PACKAGESITE (adjust to your needs), while also<br/>
opting to build them from ports (so make sure you update it.. via portsnap(8)?) if a binary copy can't be<br/>
located.<br/>
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Failing the above; I had some success editing '/usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf' and adding the following to the<br/>
'PKG_SITES' array:<br/>
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  sprintf('ftp://ftp.freebsd.org//pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-%s-stable/', OS_MAJOR),
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Don't ask why it needs two '/'s, it isn't obvious to me, either.

Good luck, this seems somehow not very well documented.

[[User:Jontow|Jontow]] 03:12, 9 April 2009 (EDT)