From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 10 20:34:56 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 374F516A403 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:34:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net) Received: from smtp111.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp111.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 863BE43D72 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:34:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net) Received: (qmail 64895 invoked from network); 10 Sep 2006 20:34:53 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent; b=vXUpRl9EnxhGa8oq/4gtbWkyp+QLqmRFP09mIQq7Fts1NzU1nQsJmg4x7uRkouN3TxG0zBs/LT/l3kk8l5rWDwQJ+paoxCpRMoQ6A+psfGjAJeOT57DS+Efp1WcDG2z9HrNWlTRQpzBzy+/4QNYD+8y0XSUlc7P9Z7XyL5Drxb8= ; Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net@70.238.68.187 with plain) by smtp111.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Sep 2006 20:34:52 -0000 Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 15:36:33 -0500 From: ajm To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060910203633.GA4512@powerfull.bsd> References: <20a8c0f30609051744r71f9f47ak831a418cb063f836@mail.gmail.com> <002701c6d503$cec0d540$6401a8c0@moreprivate> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002701c6d503$cec0d540$6401a8c0@moreprivate> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 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 20:34:56 -0000 On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 02:06:14PM -0400, RJ wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ I perfer to use portsnap with portupgrade. Others use portsnap with portmanager. Yet others will suggest portsnap with portmaster. I am not very familiar with portmaster, but I have used the other two to upgrade my system. Read the man pages for information on installing packages. -- FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE i386 GENERIC