[LUNA] more pkg questions ....
Michael W. Hall
hallmw at att.net
Wed Sep 3 20:21:13 CDT 2014
Thanks for the reply Bob. I got it to work. I bit the bullet and
upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Now all I have to do is get rid of the
Unity.
I really wish they would let you pick what you wanted when you upgraded
or did a fresh install. Unity is not that great to me. Who thought it
was a good idea should have there head examined.
On Wed, 2014-09-03 at 20:06 +0000, Bob Nance wrote:
> pkg update will update the database that it uses.
>
> To upgrade packages, I know you can ask to update the individual package:
>
> pkg upgrade foo
>
> There are so many version of pkg out there, you might see if “pkg -l” will give you a specific list of commands. Also, man pages MIGHT show you a sample of your version’s “upgrade all” command. I am pretty sure that pkg’s inline help will give you some insight, too:
>
> pkg help upgrade
>
> If “help” shows up in the output of “pkg -l”
>
> I don’t have a BSD machine in front of me, so this is all off the top of my head. I seem to recall having to tell one version of pkg “yes” to allow it to upgrade packages and dependencies:
>
> pkg upgrade foo -y
>
> Maybe try
>
> pkg upgrade -y
>
> Post back when you get it to work!
>
>
> -Bob
>
>
> ---
> Bob Nance
> Novation Systems
> bob.nance at novationsys.com
> 256-534-4620
>
> On Sep 1, 2014, at 10:21 AM, William A. Mahaffey III <wam at HiWAAY.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Well, I am 100% noob to FreeBSD, so I'm in the dark .... I thought the 2nd 'pkg version' command showed which of my installed pkg's had updates available, I got that from another list .... I then thought either of the next 2 pkg commands would do the upgrade ....
> >
> >
> > On 09/01/14 09:51, Branden Harper wrote:
> >> I'm not too familiar with the new pkg system since it merged with the other
> >> ports utilities, but I think it's telling you there is a new version in the
> >> ports index. That doesn't necessarily mean that there is a new binary.
> >> On Sep 1, 2014 8:16 AM, "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam at hiwaay.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> .... This A.M. I tried to update my 9.3 system:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> [root at kabini1, /etc, 7:57:42am] 513 % pkg version -vRL=
> >>> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
> >>> FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
> >>> All repositories are up-to-date.
> >>> db46-4.6.21.4 ? orphaned: databases/db46
> >>> linux-f10-expat-2.0.1 ? orphaned: textproc/linux-f10-expat
> >>> linux-f10-fontconfig-2.6.0 ? orphaned:
> >>> x11-fonts/linux-f10-fontconfig
> >>> linux-f10-xorg-libs-7.4_1 ? orphaned: x11/linux-f10-xorg-libs
> >>> opera-linuxplugins-12.16 ? orphaned: www/opera-linuxplugins
> >>> [root at kabini1, /etc, 7:59:17am] 514 % pkg version -vIL=
> >>> curl-7.37.1_2 < needs updating (index has 7.37.1_3)
> >>> dri-7.6.1_4,2 < needs updating (index has 9.1.7_4,2)
> >>> gtk2-2.24.22_3 < needs updating (index has 2.24.22_4)
> >>> libGL-7.6.1_4 < needs updating (index has 9.1.7_1)
> >>> libdrm-2.4.17_1,1 < needs updating (index has 2.4.52,1)
> >>> libyaml-0.1.6 < needs updating (index has 0.1.6_1)
> >>> pango-1.34.1_6 < needs updating (index has 1.34.1_7)
> >>> portmaster-3.17.6 < needs updating (index has 3.17.7)
> >>> readline-6.3.6_1 < needs updating (index has 6.3.8)
> >>> xf86-video-intel-2.7.1_8 < needs updating (index has 2.21.15_3)
> >>> xorg-server-1.7.7_13,1 < needs updating (index has
> >>> 1.12.4_8,1)
> >>> [root at kabini1, /etc, 7:59:39am] 515 % pkg audit
> >>> linux-f10-expat-2.0.1 is vulnerable:
> >>> expat2 -- Parser crash with specially formatted UTF-8 sequences
> >>> CVE: CVE-2009-3720
> >>> WWW: http://portaudit.FreeBSD.org/5f030587-e39a-11de-881e-
> >>> 001aa0166822.html
> >>>
> >>> 1 problem(s) in the installed packages found.
> >>> [root at kabini1, /etc, 8:04:50am] 516 % pkg -N
> >>> pkg: 468 packages installed
> >>> [root at kabini1, /etc, 8:08:15am] 517 % pkg upgrade
> >>> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
> >>> FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
> >>> All repositories are up-to-date.
> >>> Checking for upgrades (256 candidates): 100%
> >>> Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
> >>> Your packages are up to date.
> >>> [root at kabini1, /etc, 8:09:34am] 518 % pkg update
> >>> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
> >>> FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
> >>> All repositories are up-to-date.
> >>> [root at kabini1, /etc, 8:09:52am] 519 %
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> i.e. I (think I) told pkg to upgrade whatever needed upgrading, & it did
> >>> nothing, even though it seems to list a few pkg's needing upgrading ....
> >>> more noob pilot-error, I'm sure, but any help appreciated :-/ .... TIA ....
> >>>
> >>>
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