Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:43:33 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cvsup Source Message-ID: <16915.45173.845424.405844@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20050216192007.GC17781@catflap.slightlystrange.org> References: <4B3EE484EEA4F344BBB62F83164899860F64DD@corpsrv.RedMoon.local> <20050216192007.GC17781@catflap.slightlystrange.org>
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Daniel Bye writes: > > I've been using cvsup to upgrade the ports on my Freebsd box, and it > > works great. My question is how often should you cvsup the src and do a > > buildworld? > > Subscribe to FreeBSD-security-notifications, and you will receive > mail when a fix is applied. Other than that, it doesn't hurt to > run cvsup over your src tree once a week. There's only need to > do a buildworld if any files are updated. It's a strategy that > works well for me, anyway. YMMV, as they say. That's certainly a viable theory. I update every 4-8 weeks in addition to critical patches. It's not strictly necessary ... but it means I benefit from all the little fixes and improvements that happen on a daily basis, Robert Huff
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