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 updating via cvsup
Author: newbie 
Date:   28-03-01 02:41

ok lets see if i've got this right. cvsup'ing updates ports. ports are used to d/l, and compile from source various apps.

ok then, whats the point of cvsup'ing the source other than to get a new kernel? how do i update only apps that are currently installed at once? or is there even a way to do that? thanks for the help

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 Re: updating via cvsup
Author: Dan Larsson 
Date:   28-03-01 13:12

Most questions are answered in the man page:

% man cvsup

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 Re: updating via cvsup
Author: Dan Langille 
Date:   28-03-01 22:16

You can cvsup the source to go to -stable from -release, or to the latest -stable.

If you want to upgrade the installed apps, you can use pkg_version to see which ports have upgrades available. see man pkg_version for details on how it can generate a shell script for you.

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