Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:39:59 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Jason Zimberoff <zim@svs.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_update missing? Message-ID: <20040315053959.GA9844@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200403150500.i2F50rSb013210@grayfox.svs.com> References: <200403150500.i2F50rSb013210@grayfox.svs.com>
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--EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 11:00:53PM -0600, Jason Zimberoff wrote: > Hello all. >=20 > I am very new to FreeBSD - so apologies for being a newbie and all... >=20 > Here is my uname output: >=20 > FreeBSD freeBSD.comcast.com 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 1= 6 22:16:53 GMT 2003 root@hollin.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GE= NERIC i386 >=20 > I have tons of questions, but I will start with 2: >=20 > 1. the book I bought "FreeBSD unleashed" by Urban and Tiemann says that I > should be able to use the command "pkg_update" to install newer versions > of things that are already installed. On my machine right now, it just > returns "command not found" when try to run pkg_update. >=20 > pkg_add is working fine. pkg_update was removed a while ago..it was incomplete and no-one was working on it. Most people use the portupgrade port to update their ports thesedays. > 2. Is this the best place to ask questions like this? Yes. Kris --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAVUGvWry0BWjoQKURAqOXAKDUQ09VkZ2O0Jvoo8NruelVXD575wCfcA6j 5wNqLeWLrNlqfKRRPSAbKT8= =u6ID -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU--
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