From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 19 07:09:55 2004 Return-Path: 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 AAAF816A4CE for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 07:09:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ylpvm43.prodigy.net (ylpvm43-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B98643D1D for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 07:09:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-67-115-75-142.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.115.75.142]) i6J79tj2029029; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 03:09:55 -0400 Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B17E45162F; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 00:09:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 00:09:53 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Travis Poppe Message-ID: <20040719070953.GA69143@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20040719002221.21b6b9a3@maya.liquidx.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040719002221.21b6b9a3@maya.liquidx.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Our package system: "Fundamentally Flawed" - A Linux User. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 07:09:55 -0000 --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 12:22:21AM -0600, Travis Poppe wrote: > Another issue. What about upgrading? How often are packages rebuilt and c= an=20 > they be easily upgraded without worrying about issues such as the one des= cribed > above? >=20 > I've been told they are rebuilt about once a month or so. For i386 they're updated every week or so, sometimes more frequently. > Are these new > packages that are being rebuilt automatically defaulted to by pkg_add -r?= =20 If you're using -STABLE or -CURRENT, yes. -RELEASE gets package sets produced at the time of release, which means they are unchanging. Kris --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA+3PBWry0BWjoQKURAlyJAKDL+8sUWjI3edasTdhgS7CL2eoQZwCg70CC 3m7m6QgGvD9/culkJjyD5Ww= =Lz6e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7--