From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 25 02:18:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAD9016A4CE for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 02:18:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from rutger.owt.com (rutger.owt.com [204.118.6.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2795F43D41 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 02:18:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from topaz-out (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by rutger.owt.com (8.11.6p2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id i0PAIc225904; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 02:18:38 -0800 From: Kent Stewart To: Vanh , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 02:18:33 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <1075025647.55399.4.camel@Supra.comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <1075025647.55399.4.camel@Supra.comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200401250218.33021.kstewart@owt.com> Subject: Re: CVSup and portupgrade? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:18:42 -0000 On Sunday 25 January 2004 02:14 am, Vanh wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm a FreeBSD newbie. Just got it installed last weekend. I have read > the FreeBSD handbook, but still have some question. What is the > different between cvsup and portupgrade? Do I need to use both? If > not, which one is better? > Complimentary ports. You have to maintain your port system using cvsup. You can then update your installed ports using portupgrade. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html