I have just updated a system from 7.1 to 8.1. Next step is to update the installed ports. this part did not go as hoped.
command I ran:
seemed to go well, went along applying patches and downloading a great deal. It had been a long time since updating the ports tree.
But then I get:
I do know that the ports tree I am using was updated and created initially using portsnap... But according to the man page, last I read of it, stated that 'extract' would overwrite the existing ports tree. Ultimately this is not what I want to have happen as there are build cfg files in the ports tree for the installed ports, and I do not want to lose those. Keeping those would make my life in upgrading the installed ports much easier.
Any insights would be highly appreciated at this point.
Thx.
Murias
command I ran:
portsnap fetch update seemed to go well, went along applying patches and downloading a great deal. It had been a long time since updating the ports tree.
But then I get:
Code:
/usr/ports was not created by portsnap
You must run 'portsnap extract' before running 'portsnap update'.I do know that the ports tree I am using was updated and created initially using portsnap... But according to the man page, last I read of it, stated that 'extract' would overwrite the existing ports tree. Ultimately this is not what I want to have happen as there are build cfg files in the ports tree for the installed ports, and I do not want to lose those. Keeping those would make my life in upgrading the installed ports much easier.
Any insights would be highly appreciated at this point.
Thx.
Murias
