ports/2958: Automatic update of all installed packages

>Number: 2958
>Category: ports
>Synopsis: Automatic update of all installed packages
>Confidential: no
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>Environment:
        

	System      : OpenBSD 3.1
	Architecture: OpenBSD.i386
	Machine     : i386

>Description:

	Imagine you have a lot of software installed via the ports-collection.
	You'll need to keep track of actual security-announces concerning
	all of your installed packages. This is a lot of work and sometimes
	impossible. The binary-distribution-systems like GNU/Linux (Debian)
	provides an security-update-server which has security-fixes for
	their packages. The update-tool automatically fetches all the 
	relevant patches for the _installed_ software.

	It would be nice to have a tool (or command) which updates the
	portstree and afterwards does a complete rebuild (including the
	right flavors) of all installed packages. Or to express it in a
	simple pseudo-code-fragment:

	for i in $(pkg_info) ; do make update "$i" ; done

>How-To-Repeat:

	Install a lot of software and watch out for any bug appearing
	in one of the packages.

>Fix:

	A possible solution might be described by Thorsten Glaser in
	Pine.BSO.4.44.0210121805330.14818-100000@odem.BOFH.gott.cx

>Release-Note:
Received on Thu Nov 7 16:45:35 2002