Explain how to update the currently installed ports.
PR: 25497 Submitted by: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Approved by: nik
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<corpauthor>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</corpauthor>
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<corpauthor>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</corpauthor>
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.152 2001/03/13 01:22:20 dd Exp $</pubdate>
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.153 2001/03/13 01:26:08 dd Exp $</pubdate>
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<abstract>
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<abstract>
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<para>This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X, 3.X, and 4.X.
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<para>This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X, 3.X, and 4.X.
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="ports-update">
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<para>I updated the sources, now how do I update my installed
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ports?</para>
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<answer>
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<para>Unfortunately, there is no easy way to update installed
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ports. The <command>pkg_version</command> command can be used
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to generate a script that will update the installed ports with
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a newer version in the ports tree:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_version <option>-c</option> > <replaceable>/tmp/myscript</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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<para>The output script <emphasis>must</emphasis> be edited by
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hand before you use it. Current versions of
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<command>pkg_version</command> force this by inserting an
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<command>exit</command> at the beginning of the script.</para>
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<para>You should save the output of the script, as it will note
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packages that depend on the one that has been udpated. These
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may or may not need to be updated as well. The usual case where
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they need to be updated is that a shared library has changed
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version numbers, so the ports that used that library need to be
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rebuilt to use the new version.</para>
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<para>If your system is up full time, the &man.periodic.8 system
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can be used to generate a weekly list of ports that might need
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updating by setting
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<literal>weekly_status_pkg_enable="YES"</literal> in
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<filename>/etc/periodic.conf</filename>.</para>
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</answer>
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<corpauthor>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</corpauthor>
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<corpauthor>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</corpauthor>
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.152 2001/03/13 01:22:20 dd Exp $</pubdate>
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.153 2001/03/13 01:26:08 dd Exp $</pubdate>
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<abstract>
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<abstract>
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<para>This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X, 3.X, and 4.X.
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<para>This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X, 3.X, and 4.X.
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<question id="ports-update">
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<para>I updated the sources, now how do I update my installed
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ports?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>Unfortunately, there is no easy way to update installed
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ports. The <command>pkg_version</command> command can be used
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to generate a script that will update the installed ports with
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a newer version in the ports tree:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_version <option>-c</option> > <replaceable>/tmp/myscript</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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<para>The output script <emphasis>must</emphasis> be edited by
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hand before you use it. Current versions of
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<command>pkg_version</command> force this by inserting an
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<command>exit</command> at the beginning of the script.</para>
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<para>You should save the output of the script, as it will note
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packages that depend on the one that has been udpated. These
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may or may not need to be updated as well. The usual case where
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they need to be updated is that a shared library has changed
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version numbers, so the ports that used that library need to be
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rebuilt to use the new version.</para>
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<para>If your system is up full time, the &man.periodic.8 system
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can be used to generate a weekly list of ports that might need
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updating by setting
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<literal>weekly_status_pkg_enable="YES"</literal> in
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<filename>/etc/periodic.conf</filename>.</para>
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</answer>
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