Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:19:35 +0200 From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> To: Allen <Unix.Hacker@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port, Packages, and Patching, Upgrading Message-ID: <CAJ1xhMWVj=M3Dq99Xx_eMU0ZzC%2BnOfBbP=yE57YHcACO1Ve9jQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4EF028D8.803@comcast.net> References: <4EF028D8.803@comcast.net>
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you may want to look up this section of the handbook: Chapter 5 Installing Applications: Packages and Ports How to upgrade your applications is explained there; long story short, there are three utilities i know of that may be used to keep your applications up-to-date irrespective of the installation method; they are portupgrade, portmanager and portmaster; i personally use portupgrade; with this tool you may specify whether you want you applications updated in the binary or in the source form; hope this helps; sasha On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Allen <Unix.Hacker@comcast.net> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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