Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:30:05 +0100 From: Walter Alejandro Iglesias <roquesor@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Same version on binary packages and updated ports Message-ID: <20111230142850.GA1916@chancha.local> In-Reply-To: <20111230131435.43bc218f@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20111229161611.GA81214@chancha.local> <51AF4F0E-AD5A-4D0A-BC33-4C452B2D1650@mac.com> <20111229185325.GA56404@chancha.local> <20111230131435.43bc218f@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 01:14:35PM +0000, RW wrote: > If it's for a production server, you might consider building your own > packages on a separate machine. My principal interest is server side. The true is, a year ago, I gave a try to a server (a web server) in a VPS and the only two things I must to compile was the kernel to add quota support and php5 to add the apache module (surely, being a novice, that defaults obey to reasons I ignore). I abandoned because the provider was at US and ssh was very slow from Europe (where I live). With updates at server side, the only point I'd like experienced people here give me an opinion about is to what extent I can rely security patches on freebsd-update command. Just a subjective opinion is enough, nothing specific. Other thing I have pending to learn is what poly mentioned: jails. Anyway I inquire into updates because I try as far as possible to run the same OS at my desktop to avoid checking man pages each time I use ls or cp :-). But, in general, I think I am fine with RELEASE at desktop too.
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