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Ports Update

Following procedure is used by me to setup and update FreeBSD ports.

Basic steps:

Install cvsup-without-gui via port

# cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui
# make install clean

or package

# pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui

Create /etc/make.conf file or just copy one which is used by me: make.conf

You would also need stable-supfile and ports-supfile files
to be copied to /root/update/ directory
```
# cd /root
# mkdir update
# cp path_to_the_directory/stable-supfile update
# cp path_to_the_directory/ports-supfile update
```
Update ports:
```
# cd /usr/ports
# make update
```
Now you have updated ports tree.
Next steps will update installed ports or packages.
First you need to install portupgrade
```
# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade
# make install clean
```
Update ports database
```
# pkgdb -F
```
You can check ports to be upgraded with command
```
pkg_version -v |grep -v up-to-date |less
```
Update installed ports or packages
```
# portupgrade -a
```
Now your installed ports are updated.
If something went wrong repeat steps 3-6.
For more info see man portupgrade.

Some notes:

You need to have ports tree installed on your system.
Your actual make.conf file could be very different from the one provided by me.
Main point is that this make.conf has a reference to the ports-supfile which is used by cvsup for to update the ports.
You can put supfiles wherever you like or alternatively you can modify these which come with the system, just update the reference in your make.conf.
Set cvsup server name in the supfiles and the make.conf to the one which is closer to your current location.
In make.conf set value of
```
KERNCONF=OSBORNE
```
to the actual name of the kernel file on your system.
It is needed for to update base system.

Use fastest_cvsup for to detect the one:

# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/fastest_cvsup
# make install clean

stable-supfile is needed if you are going to update the base system.
portupgrade could be used for to install a new port. For example:
```
# portinstall nedit
```
I have some command aliased in my .cshrc. You can use it as a reference for this subject.
For advanced setup tricks see Configuration and Gnome Install.

References: