[ntp:questions] Updating NTP on FreeBSD 8.x

David Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid
Mon Nov 19 08:08:45 UTC 2012


On 19/11/2012 04:51, Steve Kostecke wrote:
> You don't. Just update the port to the current version of ntp-devel.
> Doing so usually works unless there is a significant enough change in
> the port codebase to "break" the port.
>
> Here's how:
>
> 1. cd /usr/ports/net/ntp-devel
>
> 2. Edit the Makefile and update the version string
>
> 3. Run this command while still in the ntp-devel directory:
>
> 	make makesum
>
> 4. Now run portmaster

That works perfectly, Steve.  I didn't realise that was possible.  Many 
thanks!
-- 
Cheers,
David
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