help with pkg_update

[peter lageotakes]

--- Brent Bailey <mrb at bmyster.com> wrote:
> Hello ..ive recently upgraded all our Freebsd
> systems to the lastest src
> using cvsup and  the whole make buildworld
> procedure...all is good. Now i
> need to update the individual pkgs on the
> machine...iv read here and there
> about the use of pkg_update to update already
> installed packages and thier
> dependencies like apache w/ ssl, php4 and mysql OR
> even perhaps IMAP ...is
> there a definitive howto on this ???
> 
> Any help is very appreciated ....tia
> 
> 
> -- 
> Brent Bailey
> 
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FYI: here is the man page for pkg_update:
http://www.gsp.com/cgi-bin/man.cgi?section=1&topic=pkg_update

I know this isnt a tutorial about pkg_update, its a
start.  On a side note, there are several good
articles at www.onlamp.com/bsd about using
portupgrade.  And you can use packages with
portupgrade by using the "-P" option.  Just in case,
here are the articles in question:

Man page:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=portupgrade&sektion=1&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE+and+Ports

Portupgrade:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html

Port tricks:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/07/FreeBSD_Basics.html

Cleaning up ports:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/11/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html

Cleaning and Customizing your Ports:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/09/18/FreeBSD_Basics.html

FYI: per the man page "Please read this manual page
carefully and understand what you are doing with
portupgrade."

Hope this helps,
Pete



		
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