When cvsup’ing your ports, remember the base distribution I cvsup my ports on a regular basis. However, when I recently tried to upgrade to OpenSSH 1.2.1, I encountered an error. This article shows what I did wrong. The example problem I was about to upgrade to OpenSSH 1.2.1 from 1.2.0. So I first did […]
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Installing cvsupd cvsupd is the cvsup daemon. cvsup is a system for upgrading and maintaining source trees. This article shows how I installed cvsupd. The original article is at Setting up a FreeBSD mirror site but I suggest you ignore that part. Actually, I’m not sure why/how cvsupd stopped working. I suspect user error.
Setting up a FreeBSD mirror site In a sudden rush of blood to my head, I decided that I could and would start a mirror site for FreeBSD. The closest mirrors are in Australia. And I think we have a fair number of sites in New Zealand. So I installed the port. NOTE: a few
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Staying current with FreeBSD – using CVSup to upgrade FreeBSD FreeBSD is not a static operating system. It is changing all the time. Changes eventually make their way from one -current to -stable to -release. For more detail, please see The Cutting Edge: FreeBSD-current and FreeBSD-stable of the FreeBSD Handbook. I have decided
Updating the ports collection This section shows you how I updated my ports collection. I’ll assume you have already installed cvsup. If you need just one port refreshed, try reading Installing a port without installing the ports. Why update the ports? I was trying to make Midnight Commander. But it wasn’t working. Here’s the
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Staying current with FreeBSD – using CVSup to upgrade FreeBSD FreeBSD is not a static operating system. It is changing all the time. Changes eventually make their way from one -current to -stable to -release. For more detail, please see The Cutting Edge: FreeBSD-current and FreeBSD-stable of the FreeBSD Handbook. I have decided
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