Port upgrading - my way

[W. D.]

At 14:44 9/23/2004, Chris, wrote:
>>> You could join in the FreeBSD tradition, though, and do it the
>>> Right Way(tm) ...
>>>
>>> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html
>>>
>>> An excellent tutorial/article by Dru Lavigne....
>>>
>>> Kevin Kinsey
>>>
>> OK, after reading this tutorial, here is MY new WAY.
>> 
>>  /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2 /root/cvsup/ports-supfile
>>  portsdb -Uu
>>  portversion -l "<"   [to see if any ports will be upgraded]
>>  portupgrade -arR   [so dependencies will be installed, if necessary]
>>  [NB. If ever asked to run pkgdb -F, do it]
>> 
>> Taking into consideration other issues or options pointed out on the web 
>> tutorial, will this be a good strategy from now on for performing good 
>> port upgrades?
>> 
>> Curtis
>
>Yes - this is more or less how I do mine.
>-- 
>Best regards,
>Chris


OK, how about adding a cron job by root like this?

(Line will wrap.  Everything between '===' on one line)
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15	3	*	*	*	/usr/local/bin/cvsup -h cvsup7.FreeBSD.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile && portsdb -Uu && pkgdb -fu && cd /usr/ports && make index
==========================================================


Then in the morning running:

portversion -l "<"

Would this automate things without causing problems?
Any other safe ways to automate the process?


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