auto cvsup
Paul Horechuk
phorechuk at docucom.ca
Mon Jun 27 13:15:40 GMT 2005
There is another alternative to just doing the cvsup...
Kövesdán Gábor wrote:
> Maher Mohamed wrote:
>
>> how can i upgrade my cvsup weekly with an auto way?
>>
>>
>>
> You should use crondaemon. Place the following line to the end of
> /etc/crontab:
>
> 15 4 * * 6 root cvsup /some/path/to/supfile
>
> The number six represents the sixth day of the week, the 15 is the
> minute number and the second is the hour, thus this will run on every
> Friday (if I remember correctly, I'm not sure the numbering starts with
> Sunday) at 4:15.
This is an essential part, but I decided to take the next step. Not only
do I get the updated cvsup, but I check for changes...
cvsup -l (as root)
0 21 * * * /usr/local/bin/getupdates > /var/log/updates.log 2>
/tmp/updates.err
This runs daily at 9pm with a log of the activity in
/var/log/updates.log and an error report in /tmp/updates.err
getupdates: (set this as executable chmod 755)
#!/bin/sh
# get the updated sources
cd /usr/src
/usr/local/bin/cvsup -g stable-supfile
# get the updated ports tree
cd /usr/ports
/usr/local/bin/cvsup -g ports-supfile
# get the updated ports index
make fetchindex
# rebuild the list of changes, i.e. ports that have updates available
/usr/sbin/pkg_version -v | grep "<" > updates
exit 0
In the morning I simply go to the ports directory and issue:
more updates
to find out which ports have been affected. I can then use portupgrade
<portname> as required.
As a bonus, I can also run getupdates at any time to recheck the updates.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gábor Kövesdán
>
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