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Upgrade ports is easy, using portupgrade. Even portupgrade can upgrade it’s own program

The problem come with error message ‘xxxx already installed’, how to overcome this problem?

Answer: read the guide

kongja# portupgrade p5-libwww-5.79_1

—> Upgrading ‘p5-libwww-5.79_1′ to ‘p5-libwww-5.803′ (www/p5-libwww)
—> Building ‘/usr/ports/www/p5-libwww’
===> Cleaning for p5-Compress-Zlib-1.33
bla…bla..bla

===> Checking if net/p5-URI already installed
===> p5-URI-1.35 is already installed
You may wish to “make deinstall” and install this port again
“make reinstall” to upgrade it properly.
If you really wish to overwrite the old port of net/p5-URI
without deleting it first, set the variable “FORCE_PKG_REGISTER”
in your environment or the “make install” command line.
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/net/p5-URI.
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/www/p5-libwww.
** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script -qa /tmp/portupgrade30900.0 make
** Fix the problem and try again.
** Listing the failed packages (*:skipped / !:failed)
! www/p5-libwww (p5-libwww-5.79_1) (unknown build error)
—> Packages processed: 0 done, 0 ignored, 0 skipped and 1 failed

wow, check if the ports already installed

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After update ports collection and find old port, need to upgrade. I found that port status : ‘Ignored‘

bow# portversion -v | grep ‘<'

XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_7 < needs updating (port has 4.4.0_3)

bow# portupgrade XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_7

** Port marked as IGNORE: x11/XFree86-4-libraries:
is part of XFree86-4

doh, new commit for this port

Try to update it’s makefile a bit

bow# cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-libraries/

bow# ee Makefile

find these lines:
.if ${X_WINDOW_SYSTEM:L} != xfree86-4
IGNORE= is part of XFree86-4
.endif

jadikan :

#.if ${X_WINDOW_SYSTEM:L} != xfree86-4
#IGNORE= is part of XFree86-4
#.endif

try to portupgrade once again :

bow# portupgrade XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_7

—>Upgrading ‘XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_7′ to ‘XFree86-libraries-4.4.0_3′ (x11/XFree86-4-libraries)
—>Building ‘/usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-libraries’
===>Cleaning for libiconv-1.9.2_1
===>Cleaning for gettext-0.14.4_1
bla..bla…bla…

done, upgrading to newest program
I love FreeBSD ports

After fresh install freebsd 4.11 in old machine I need to update it right away since many security advisories. Quick way to do that using freebsd-update :

Installing freebsd-update

dns# whereis freebsd-update
freebsd-update: /usr/ports/security/freebsd-update
dns# cd /usr/ports/security/freebsd-update/
dns# make install

===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
=> freebsd-update-1.6.tar.gz doesn’t seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.
=> Attempting to fetch from http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/.
freebsd-update-1.6.tar.gz 100% of 30 kB 6810 Bps
Configuration

dns# cp /usr/local/etc/freebsd-update.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/freebsd-update.conf

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Some thought on configuration and install list for new FreeBSD server :

1. Install minimal (pick minimal or developer)

2. Configure ethernet card

defaultrouter=”10.10.12.9″
gateway_enable=”YES”
hostname=”alamster.rasyid.net”
ifconfig_em0=”inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0″
ifconfig_em0_alias0=”inet 10.10.12.1 netmask 255.255.255.240″

3. Time synchronize

-bash-2.05b$ rdate time.nist.gov

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FreeBSD supports three methods for installing program :

1. Ports
2. Package
3. Source

Every method has its advantage and disadvantage :

• Ports, till time of writing, already reach 16984, wow. Supports many option, my favorite since beginning . Simply type make install .
• Package, for time consuming ports like cvsup I prefer use package for its small size. Package not provide option.
• Source, everything begin with source. If no ports or package available I use source.

Like debian or ubuntu ports make life easier, every dependency handling automatically as long you got internet connection

Pretty impressive list of ports number 16984, I don’t know all of them. Only related ports to sytem administration like apache, php, mysql etc.

Maybe I should explore the ports more for better understanding on how FreeBSD work.

Full list of FreeBSD ports to date :

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I have noticed that FreeBSD mini iso no longer distributed but I found interesting link : FreeBSD snapshots From FreeBSD site :

As part of an ongoing effort to improve the overall release process before a release actually slips out the door with problems, we are now periodically producing interim test releases called snapshots. These snapshots will be very similar to full releases, except that they might not include all the bits included in a full release (such as packages and updated documentation).

for example tracking status for ZFS in FreeBSD current available in snapshots, also stable version of FreeBSD 6.2, cool I click on 200705 for latest snapshots : wget time