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would like to do the same for ports.. not possible you say? -- neat trick follows:<br/> | would like to do the same for ports.. not possible you say? -- neat trick follows:<br/> | ||
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| − | # export | + | # export PKG_SITES="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org//pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/" |
# portupgrade -arRP | # portupgrade -arRP | ||
Revision as of 02:49, 9 April 2009
Say you're doing something strange.. like updating from 6.4-RELEASE to 6.4-RELEASE-p3.. maybe you're even
using freebsd-update(8).. awkward, eh?
Well, say you want to also update your ports, but you just got away without rebuilding kernel/userland and
would like to do the same for ports.. not possible you say? -- neat trick follows:
# 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..)
This will, in theory, fetch any binary packages it can from $PACKAGESITE (adjust to your needs), while also
opting to build them from ports (so make sure you update it.. via portsnap(8)?) if a binary copy can't be
located.
Good luck, this seems somehow not very well documented.
Jontow 03:12, 9 April 2009 (EDT)