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Mon, 29 Apr 2013
An interesting script to upgrade FreeBSD (and installed ports) from mebsd.com: .
#!/bin/sh
LOG_FILE="/var/log/freebsd-update.log"
echo "Starting updates: `date`" | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
echo "***"
echo "*** Checking for FreeBSD patches..."
echo "***"
/usr/sbin/freebsd-update fetch | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
/usr/sbin/freebsd-update install | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
echo "***"
echo "*** Updating ports tree..."
echo "***"
/usr/sbin/portsnap fetch update | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
echo "***"
echo "*** Looking for ports to update..."
echo "***"
/usr/local/sbin/portmaster -a --no-confirm | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
echo "***"
echo "*** Checking installed ports for known security problems..."
echo "***"
/usr/local/sbin/portaudit -Fva | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
echo "Finished updates: `date`" | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
This uses "freebsd-update" and "portmaster" which seem to be the "modern" way for
people to manage FreeBSD installations.
P.S. Oh well, I still like to recompile world+kernel by hand...
/FreeBSD | Posted at 19:53 | permanent link