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>*** en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml-dist	Thu Nov  8 07:46:11 2001
>--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml	Fri Nov  9 11:45:57 2001
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>*** 5049,5058 ****
>          </question>
>  
>          <answer>
>!           <para>Unfortunately, there is no easy way to update installed
>!             ports. The &man.pkg.version.1; command can be used
>!             to generate a script that will update the installed ports with
>!             a newer version in the ports tree:</para>
>  
>            <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_version <option>-c</option> > <replaceable>/tmp/myscript</replaceable></userinput></screen>
>  
>--- 5049,5062 ----
>          </question>
>  
>          <answer>
>!           <para>FreeBSD does not include a port upgrading tool, but it
>!             does have some tools to make the upgrade process somewhat
>!             easier.  You can also install additional tools to simplify
>!             port handling.</para>
>! 
>!           <para>The &man.pkg.version.1; command can generate a script
>!             that will update installed ports to the latest version in
>!             the ports tree.</para>
>  
>            <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_version <option>-c</option> > <replaceable>/tmp/myscript</replaceable></userinput></screen>
>  
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>*** 5067,5072 ****
>--- 5071,5086 ----
>              they need to be updated is that a shared library has changed
>              version numbers, so the ports that used that library need to be
>              rebuilt to use the new version.</para>
>+ 
>+           <para>If you have the disk space, you can use the
>+             <command>portupgrade</command> tool to automate all of
>+             this.  <command>portupgrade</command> includes various
>+             tools to simplify package handling.  It is available under
>+             <filename>/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade</filename>.
>+             Since it is written in Ruby,
>+             <command>portupgrade</command> is a poor candidate for
>+             integration with the main FreeBSD tree.  That shouldn't
>+             stop anyone from using it, however.</para>
>  
>            <para>If your system is up full time, the &man.periodic.8 system
>              can be used to generate a weekly list of ports that might need

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