From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 10 18:00:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 3BEFE16A494 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:00:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryanfirst@sympatico.ca) Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP04.bayc1.hotmail.com (bayc1-pasmtp04.bayc1.hotmail.com [65.54.191.164]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF51043D66 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:00:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ryanfirst@sympatico.ca) Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [64.229.16.14] X-Originating-Email: [ryanfirst@sympatico.ca] Received: from moreprivate ([64.229.16.14]) by BAYC1-PASMTP04.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Sun, 10 Sep 2006 11:00:25 -0700 Message-ID: <002701c6d503$cec0d540$6401a8c0@moreprivate> From: "RJ" To: References: <20a8c0f30609051744r71f9f47ak831a418cb063f836@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:06:14 -0400 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 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Sep 2006 18:00:25.0486 (UTC) FILETIME=[FE026AE0:01C6D502] Subject: Re: easy patch management tools 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: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:00:34 -0000 Suggestions from another rookie(me): I use the ports tree and portsnap, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/portsnap.html, and when it's time to update the following "one liner" works great for me: cd /boot/ ; cp -Rp kernel kernel.good ; cd /usr/src ; cvsup -gL2 /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile ; make -j4 buildworld ; make buildkernel ; make installkernel ; make installworld; mergermaster ; reboot ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Bliss" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 8:44 PM Subject: easy patch management tools > Hi everyone, first let me say that I'm pretty new to bsd, so please forgive > the newbie questions; I've been using linux (redhat, suse, centos) for many > years, and so learning bsd was a bit of a learning curve, but not bad (I > almost never use gui's for administration); I was wondering if there are any > packagement tools for freebsd/pcbsd that offer simular functionality to > up2date or yum; I take care of installing and updating complete rpm based > systems using yum, and have not found a tool simular to yum for freebds (I'm > also trying to stay away from pbi's, since they are specific to pcbsd); I've > used the pkg_add, pkg_delete, portupgrade tools, but am just looking for an > easy way to ensure my entire bsd box is updated; Also, as I understand it, > bsd makes use of ports, by using tools such as cvsup, however I have never > had much success compiling my own software, as such much prefer to use > binary packages, which I understand that the freebsd authors provide; for > example, if I wanted to install pine, I would much rather install it by > running pkg_add -r pine ; I'm just looking for a simple way to update > currently installed binaries, simular to installing new binaries with > pkg_add ; thanks very much for your help with this. > > Aaron > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"