Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:19:04 -0500 From: Allen <Unix.Hacker@comcast.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Port, Packages, and Patching, Upgrading Message-ID: <4EF028D8.803@comcast.net>
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Hi, I've been trying to find info about this, so I'm Hoping someone here will know about this; I use FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE, and basically, the normal way I do things, is like this: I grab the CD, boot, and install the Base System. Once I've booted, I'll then use one of the two: pkg_add -r bunch of packages or sysinstall > Configure > Packages Then I go through the menus, and select what software I want, and, eventually, I'll tell it to start installing. Now, I've been reading about Ports more and more, and thought about maybe just using those instead, but even with upgrade_pkg from bsdaminscripts, I just can NOT seem to upgrade anything. I'd like to have my system fully patched, but most of the data I find, is about how to keep ports up to date, and has very little on Packages / Binaries. I don't think it matters much why I choose Binary Packages over Ports, I'm just looking to make sure the emails I get every once in a while on the root account will FINALLY not have a huge list of stuff that I need to either "delete / uninstall, or upgrade" and have no idea how. I mainly used Linux, so I AM a little more used to everything being patched at once, like Slackware, where you can type one command and install patches and stuff to everything you have installed, be it the Kernel, or an Xterm, or X itself, or Pidgin. Any of you that use pkg_add and Sysinstall to install packages, can you maybe describe what you do to install updates, Patches, or just in general, keep your system patched? I'd really appreciate that. -Allen
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