portsnap and portupgrade

[Ricardo Jesus]

RW wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:08:44 +0100 (CET)
> Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche at ua.ac.be> wrote:
> 
> 
>> ( decompress to /usr/ports )
>> # portsnap extract
>>
>> ( it is not clear to me if this is correct if one already has
>> a /usr/ports created during sysinstall .. )
> 
> You need the extract so that the tree is exactly matched to the
> snapshot and the correct metadata is created, it's installing the
> tree from disk that's not needed.
> 
>> In root /etc/crontab, shedule daily updates of /var/db/portsnap :
>> 0 3 * * * root /usr/sbin/portsnap cron
>>
>> ...
>> b. For every future upgrade of  gv  (using portupgrade):
>> b.1. ( update ports collection )
>> # portsnap update
>> ...
>> b.5. do the port upgrade
>> # portupgrade -R gv
>>
>> b.6. install the updated version of ghostview 
>> # cd /usr/ports/print/gv
>> # make install clean
> 
> You don't need the last step, that's what portupgrade does.
> 
> For the most part it's better to bring all you ports up-to date if you
> can, rather than doing it piecemeal.
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Also use portaudit to check for security issues with installed ports.

# portaudit -Fda
(fecth the updated audit database and check your ports against it)