Re: Correct syntax of "supfile" to keep ports upgraded?

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From
Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
Date
30 Jul 2010 17:54:07
Subject
Re: Correct syntax of "supfile" to keep ports upgraded?
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20100730175404.GA32794@slackbox.erewhon.net

In reply to
Ed Flecko
References to
Ed Flecko
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Ed Flecko, Balázs Mátéffy
Referenced by
Ed Flecko, Balázs Mátéffy, Adam Vande More, Roland Smith

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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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