From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 7 12:27:35 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07CCA106564A for ; Thu, 7 May 2009 12:27:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@ibctech.ca) Received: from ibctech.ca (v6.ibctech.ca [IPv6:2607:f118::b6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 84A218FC15 for ; Thu, 7 May 2009 12:27:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 32815 invoked by uid 89); 7 May 2009 12:29:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?IPv6:2607:f118::5?) (steve@ibctech.ca@2607:f118::5) by 2607:f118::b6 with ESMTPA; 7 May 2009 12:29:07 -0000 Message-ID: <4A02D3AC.1050903@ibctech.ca> Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 08:27:24 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Stewart References: <000001c9ce66$ed588fc0$c809af40$@org> In-Reply-To: <000001c9ce66$ed588fc0$c809af40$@org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keeping Updated X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 12:27:35 -0000 Paul Stewart wrote: > I guess I'm kinda wondering the "condensed quick version" of what people are > typically doing to keep their system updated from source without making life > difficult ;) Yes, I've been reading through various things to get myself > updated to newer info but there's also a lot of stuff on the Internet based > on older info hence why I'm asking. Not to take away from any of the other great responses, I just want to throw out there that I use fastest_cvsup to find the csup server with the lowest latency: # pkg_add -r fastest_cvsup ... and then run it like this: # fastest_cvsup -c ca,us Given that I know where you are, you will likely always be best off with cvsup.ca.FreeBSD.org, and put that into your supfile against default host. I then run "csup -L 2 -g /etc/supfile" in cron for once a week. I'll then update the actual system for advisories, new features if they apply to me, or generally any time I turn up a new system or VM to keep them all consistent. Cheers, Steve