Updating FreeBSD 5.3 with CVSup and portupgrade

CVSup is a tool that updates your ports tree from the FreeBSD mirrors so that you don't have to. Then you'll use the portupgrade package's commands to collect and install any updates to the packages installed on your system.

Installing CVSup and portupgrade

CVSup and portupgrade are part of the ports collection, so we'll need to build and install them ( Code Listing C.1 ) before we can update our system.

Code listing C.1. Installing `CVSup` and `portupgrade`

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bsd#

cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui

bsd#

make install clean

===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
>> cvsup-snap-16.1h.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.
>> Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/CVSup/snapshots/.
. . .

bsd#

/usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2 -h cvsup.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile

Parsing supfile "/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile"
Connecting to cvsup.freebsd.org
Connected to cvsup.freebsd.org
Server software version: SNAP_16_1e
Negotiating file attribute support
Exchanging collection information
Establishing multiplexed-mode data connection
Running
Updating collection ports-all/cvs
 Edit ports/INDEX-5
  Add delta 1.21 2004.10.14.22.17.33
Kris
. . .

bsd#

cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade

bsd#

make install clean

===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
>> pkgtools-20040701.tar.bz2 doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.
>> Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.iDaemons.org/pub/distfiles/.
. . .

bsd#

/usr/local/sbin/portsdb -Uu

Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait... Done.
Done
[Updating the portsdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 11846 port entries found ...

......1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6000.........7000...

......8000.........9000.........10000.........11000........ ..... done]

To build and install CVSup and portupgrade:

1.	`cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui` This is the directory in the ports tree where `CVSup` resides. You can use `/usr/ports/net/cvsup` if you want to build a version with a GUI.
2.	`make install clean` Download the `CVSup` source code and any dependencies, compile it, install it, and then clean up.
3.	cvsup -g -L 2 -h cvsup.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup /ports-supfile This synchronizes your ports collection with the versions found on the FreeBSD mirrors. Depending on your connection speed, this could take a while. If http://cvsup.freebsd.org is busy, pick a local mirror from the list of `CVSup` servers at www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html#CVSUP-MIRRORS.
4.	`cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade` Next, change to the `portupgrade` directory in the ports tree.
5.	`make install clean` Download the `portupgrade` code and any dependencies, compile it, install it, and then clean up.
6.	`/usr/local/sbin/portsdb -Uu` Update the local ports database. Depending on your CPU and disk speed, this could take a long time. Be patient.

Using CVSup

After CVSup and portupgrade have been installed, you can use them to update the packages installed on your system ( Code Listing C.2 ).

Code listing C.2. Updating the installed packages in the system.

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bsd#

/usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2 -h cvsup.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile

Parsing supfile "/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile"
Connecting to cvsup.freebsd.org
Connected to cvsup.freebsd.org
Server software version: SNAP_16_1e
Negotiating file attribute support
Exchanging collection information
Establishing multiplexed-mode data connection
Running
Updating collection ports-all/cvs
 Edit ports/INDEX-5
  Add delta 1.21 2004.10.14.22.17.33
Kris
. . .

bsd#

/usr/local/sbin/portsdb Uu

Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait... Done.
Done
[Updating the portsdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 11846 port entries found ...

......1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6000.........7000...

......8000.........9000.........10000.........11000........ ..... done]

bsd#

/usr/local/sbin/portversion -l "<"

[Rebuilding the pkgdb
<format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 22 packages found (-0 +22)
...................... done]
libtool                     <

bsd#

/usr/local/sbin/portupgrade arR

->  Upgrading 'libtool-1.5.8' to 'libtool-1.5.10' (devel/libtool15)
->  Building '/usr/ports/devel/libtool15'
===>  Cleaning for libtool-1.5.10
===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
>> libtool-1.5.10.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.
>> Attempting to fetch from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/.

To update installed packages with CVSup and portupgrade:

1.	/usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2 -h cvsup2.freebsd.org /usr/share /examples/cvsup/ports-supfile Synchronize your local ports collection with the FreeBSD mirrors.
2.	`/usr/local/sbin/portsdb -Uu` Update your ports database. Note that this step can take a long time to complete.
3.	`/usr/local/sbin/portversion -l "<"` List the installed ports that need to be updated.
4.	`/usr/local/sbin/portupgrade -arR` Finally, update the installed ports.