Correct syntax of "supfile" to keep ports upgraded?

Roland Smith rsmith at xs4all.nl
Fri Jul 30 17:54:07 UTC 2010


On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:20:57AM -0700, Ed Flecko wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I'm trying to learn how to keep my FreeBSD 8.0 updated (patched with
> security updates) the "correct" (I know that's subjective) way.
<snip>
> To keep my "ports" up to date, do I simply need to add:
> 
> ports-all tag=.
> 
> to this file before running csup or cvsup?

For updating ports, portsnap(8) [part of the base system in 8.x] if much
faster.

Roland
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