From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 10 19:27:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.mindspring.com (smtp2.mindspring.com [207.69.200.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5CA314DF0 for ; Sat, 10 Apr 1999 19:27:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cerebus@mindspring.com) Received: from schoenr.internal.mindspring.com (fw-3-e1.phx3.mindspring.net [209.86.207.69]) by smtp2.mindspring.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA06924 for ; Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:25:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <03c301be83c2$f9bc16a0$b10611ac@internal.mindspring.com> From: "Cerebus" To: Subject: A question of ports Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 19:28:19 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi gang. Here's the situation: Let's say there's a program out there that's at version 1.5 but the version in the ports tree is 1.0. What's the best way to get the latest version? Should I just wait for it to be updated in the ports tree, or is it okay to download it and install it myself? Furthermore, would it be best to throw it into the dists directory and try to make install as normal, or should I try and compile it by hand? In all actuality, I'd like to have the latest Enlightenment and Gnome stuff but the tarballs in the tree are a bit behind schedule. What's the best way to stay up-to-date? (Or should I just go completely mad and hang out in the CVS for 'em?) Thanks in advance! R. --- { in fact, this is twice in a row { that the angels have slipped through our landslide { and filled up our garden with snow To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message