From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 20 09:19:53 2011 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 29701106566B for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:19:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0CF78FC12 for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:19:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbdr11 with SMTP id dr11so12041876wgb.31 for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:19:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=I99zEmc2NM6gIXsuWbCzh7wDLMfD6IMYpBAFgLLafL8=; b=UmUp04EIQD8LnpBYUg1FxPUisB3qmP4RHowbbcG7RehlfVmH7y0UNc0rvmPYYZYcc9 nyPsfvGMzG7yR/buM0aFHKo3IwBydw6XDqmwQQ3qJ9hS7Z/U+SYIPdMgPVDsyZJ3um4Z zQtxrVGP+PuwA0YuhwgpLVeMEHqSVT13Snu88= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.19.138 with SMTP id f10mr3561645wie.3.1324372775887; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:19:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.161.84 with HTTP; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:19:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EF028D8.803@comcast.net> References: <4EF028D8.803@comcast.net> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:19:35 +0200 Message-ID: From: Alexander Kapshuk To: Allen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port, Packages, and Patching, Upgrading 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: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:19:53 -0000 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 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" >