this is csup ?

[Polytropon]

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:47:25 -0400, PJ <af.gourmet at videotron.ca> wrote:
>  Please, please reassure me that I do come from Mars:
> 
> What am I missing in the following? (direct quote from
> http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/freebsd_uptodate.html :
> 
> Then copy this script to /usr/local/sbin/ and run it when you want to
> update your ports, source & docs.
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # Update source, docs and ports
> 
> LOCAL_DIR="$(pwd)"
> 
> cd /usr/src
> make update
> cd /usr/ports
> make fetchindex

Yes, the "make update" command either employs csup or cvsup (from ports,
e. g. cvsup-without-gui). Which one is used is controlled by the
setting in /etc/make.conf, for example:

	SUP_UPDATE=     yes
	SUP=            /usr/bin/csup
	SUPFLAGS=       -g -L 2
	SUPHOST=        cvsup.freebsd.org
	SUPFILE=        /etc/sup/stable.sup
	PORTSSUPFILE=   /etc/sup/ports.sup

Version control is done by the sup control files.

If you do "make update" in /usr/src, I think the /usr/ports subtree
will get updated, too. If not, don't forget to

	# cd /usr/ports
	# make update

in order to update the ports.

Note that there are other tools that can do that, too, e. g. portsnap.



> echo "Now run:"
> echo "# /usr/local/sbin/portsdb -u "
> echo "# /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb -uvF "

This is only important if you use tools like portupgrade.



Erm, what was the initial question?




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