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HOWTO: Always install an up-to-date port
I know I should, but I very rarely have the latest ports tree on my system and it's for that reason I always make sure that a port I'm about to install is up to date.
So, this isn't a very lengthy or complex howto but next time your about to install a port and are unsure weather it's the latest skeleton version or not run this command first; Code:
cvsup -i ports/CATAGORY/YOUR-PORT -g /location/of/your/ports-supfile Code:
cvsup -i ports/net-p2p/libtorrent-devel -g /root/ports-supfile && cd /usr/ports/net-p2p/libtorrent-devel && make install clean If you haven't edited your ports-supfile yet you must do so beforehand, a typical user will only need to edit the *default host= variable and to help you find the fastest cvsup host a tool called fastest-cvsup has been developed, you can find it here; Code:
/usr/ports/sysutils/fastest_cvsup Code:
/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile Last edited by chris; 26th May 2008 at 06:34 PM. |
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cvsup, freebsd, ports-supfile, update port, update uninstalled port, upgrade port |
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