Portmaster and Binary Packages

[Majorix]

How do I use portmaster to upgrade software installed via pkg_add? If I try
# portmaster -PPa
or
# portmaster -aPP
it tells me that PP must stand alone. Now I don't know what to use.

Please don't suggest the ports way as it takes ages to compile on my old netbook and I don't need all the speed benefit anyways.

 

[Kiiski]

Hi

Not exactly answer to your question, but this howto includes keeping packages updated:

http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=26140

 

[Majorix]

Thanks for pointing the guide out.

It seems portmaster is not the tool to upgrade your packages. One has to use pkg_upgrade from the metapackage bsdadminscripts.

 

[T-Daemon]

# portmaster -PP -a

man portmaster() (EXAMPLES)

 

[Majorix]

LOL! So simple! I thought you had to give all the parameters at once (I mean using a single "-").

 

[dougb@]

Thanks for pointing the guide out.

It seems portmaster is not the tool to upgrade your packages.

Actually portmaster doesn't care where the installed stuff came from (ports or packages). It's happy to upgrade whatever you have. Glad you sorted out your problem in any case.