From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 22:58:56 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4368B106564A for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:58:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlandys@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f194.google.com (mail-qy0-f194.google.com [209.85.221.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2EB38FC0C for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:58:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk32 with SMTP id 32so1717427qyk.28 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:58:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=LwHV6+Q9XSds4G9TIscxdU243OZxc03kal6dlO2nLY0=; b=oHdQuhuOro2YVwNfPOpR02Tim8zpFYdgBpp18isAybLw14a9wDY83KPmxrlhFSQTsx M1ydV+bzeE8NPGXn6DHmHhR2Iy8JKDh79nyFeqtiZE4OOfFa6EYCHjBcNaU/PieTv7Gu 8qFRjJVgVQC1eQKEGvVfHiB33sCGZQ1YEddss= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=u839UacP5RIeo3cBRkX+gGi7xcsO8n862k1jJv3u2ULV54QiQvKctFo/tr5CwAhnyq xouKHxP3wrz2RiwBl/0bxR9+hTgbDIlOmbGznW4e+wJFjE6AI5n/sJkCmeglsb0UHqzj Xi2Pf9Qrr4t0DDxdC+kzE5ptjffZn0FWGRMWQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.121.233 with SMTP id i41mr1548281vcr.86.1268434735158; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:58:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <560f92641003121453n8c43105u666c0124a9a7c2b5@mail.gmail.com> References: <201003121902.o2CJ2hmr052219@dc.cis.okstate.edu> <560f92641003121453n8c43105u666c0124a9a7c2b5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:58:55 -0800 Message-ID: <560f92641003121458u5e28ce05t27b4da86dc41c7f2@mail.gmail.com> From: Nerius Landys To: Martin McCormick Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patching a Newly-Built System 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: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:58:56 -0000 >> Does it make any difference if one adds packages to a new system >> before or after using cvsup to bring the patch level up to date? > > By "bringing the patch level up to date" I assume you mean a tag such > as this one: > > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_8_0 > > in your standard-supfile file, and then doing the "make buildworld" > etc. prodedure outlined in the Handbook. > > The release branches (such as RELENG_8_0) get only very minor > modifications from the time the release is made. The patches are only > ones that address really serious issues, and the extent of the changes > is usually very minimal. Whather you install ports before or after > you update to the latest patch for your release should make absolutely > no difference. To clarify, ports (/usr/ports/) and your base system (/usr/src/) are independent. When RELENG_8_0 gets a new patch, it has nothing to do with ports. Are you using precompiled packages or building from ports? Precompiled packages don't get updated after a release is made. I think most people build ports from source instead of using the precompiled package system. This way, your ports will continue to be updated with the latest fixes. By building ports from source I mean ``cd /usr/ports/category/portname/ ; make install clean''.