Is this the correct way to update my packages/ports with portupgrade?

Ivailo Bonev b_bonev at mail.orbitel.bg
Mon Aug 29 10:52:56 GMT 2005


On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:32:04 +0300, Robert G. <rob5g at adelphia.net> wrote:

> Just asking here incase I'm omitting something or doing too much.  These  
> are the commands I usually run after grabbing the latest ports:
>
> # cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile
> # cd /usr/ports/ && make fetchindex
> # portsdb -u
> # pkgdb -F
>
> That seems to work fine with no problems, but is it the correct way to  
> go about doing it?
>

I think that right order must be:
# cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile
# cd /usr/ports/ && make fetchindex
# pkgdb -uvF
# portsdb -u
because if we have any inconsistencies should be checked by pkgdb.

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