From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 5 05:27:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85BF316A47D for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 05:27:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4251D13C442 for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 05:26:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from [192.168.1.11] ([192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m055QiZd042448; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 00:26:44 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 00:26:37 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill To: David Reedy Jr In-Reply-To: <477F0CE7.1040806@comcast.net> Message-ID: <20080105000608.B68694@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <179863EA8C3D6945412CA598@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <477E6A7B.3070207@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4133784D8828510FCCC00532@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20080104183556.GC19087@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20080105035144.28a1009e@gumby.homeunix.com.> <477F0CE7.1040806@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install order? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:27:00 -0000 On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, David Reedy Jr wrote: > I'm very new to FreeBSD, just installed it for the first time maybe a > week ago. I've redone it several times since, so feel comfortable in > the VERY basics. Cool. Welcome! > Also, I've noticed that some of the port versions on this site are a > little newer that in my 6.2 release. Will I have problems installing > these instead? The ports shown on the site are sometimes newer because the ported software has changed, and the port updated, since 6.2 was released. Two ports I install on a new machine, before just about anything else, are sysutils/fastest_cvsup [1] and ports-mgmt/portupgrade. With portupgrade, I can use csup to get my ports up-to-date before installing anything else. That way I'll get the latest, or nearly so, version of apache or whatever. [1] You'll see this notation a lot on this list. sysutils/fastest_cvsup means that you would do your 'make install' in /usr/ports/sysutils/fastest_cvsup. To answer the question, you may or may not have problems depending on the specific port. For 6.2-RELEASE, I would guess that you're OK since it's relatively recent. But the more time passes, the fewer ports will install properly. I would suggest you get acquainted with port (and system) updating procedures early on; it will save you grief down the road. Now seems like a good time, since you have a new system with (presumably) nothing important on it yet. HTH. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]