keep ports up to date.

[Chris Munchenberg]

Thanks for your help. Its taken me a week to get back to you because there was so much updating being done. It took me a while to get the have of portdb & portupdate. But I now have wxPython working!!

I just have 1 further question, and I'm asking you because its in your script. How important is marcusmerge? What part does it play in the ports system.

Thanks,

Chris.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Martin Klaffenboeck 
To: Mezz bsdforums.org 
Cc: martin.klaffenboeck at gmx.at ; gnome at freebsd.org ; cjm at ava.com.au 
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: keep ports up to date.



Am 2003.05.08 21:21 schrieb(en) Mezz bsdforums.org:
>>> You should
>>> install
>>> sysutils/portupgrade, and get used to using it to keep your 
>>> installed
>>> ports up-to-date.
>> 
>> I'm using this script by hand daily:
>> 
>> --------- ports_uptodate.sh ----------
>> #!/bin/sh
>>  if [ "$1" != "-s" ]; then
>>         cd /usr/ports
>>         cp INDEX.ports INDEX
>>         make update
>>         cp INDEX INDEX.ports
>>         marcusmerge -u
>>         portsdb -uU
>> fi
>>  pkgdb -F
>> portversion -l "<" | awk '{ print($1); }' > /root/work/update
>> vi /root/work/update
>>  portupgrade `cat /root/work/update`
>> pkgdb -F
>> -------------------------------------
> 
> You can cut the portversion to portupgrade like this:
> 
> -------------------------------------
> ...
> ...
> pkgdb -F
> portupgrade -ra
> pkgdb -F
> -------------------------------------

I know, but I want to make sure that I have the possibility to choose 
what I want to update, and there are some ports I really want to update 
by hand.  (tmda for example)  So I have the

vi /root/work/update

line for removeing some ports I want to update by hand.  (Normally I do 
that before I close the vi)

Martin