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Date:      Fri, 4 Oct 2002 17:17:57 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Thingie #1 - non-package updates
Message-ID:  <20021004221756.GE33584@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021004145859.P79505-100000@babelfish.pursued-with.net>
References:  <20021004145859.P79505-100000@babelfish.pursued-with.net>

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In the last episode (Oct 04), Kevin Stevens said:
> I generally use port-upgrade to update installed packages, and
> -upgrade STABLE releases manually.  However, this leaves a gap when
> software that is installed as part of the base system, like bind, has
> upgrade releases that occur more frequently than the -STABLE
> releases.
> 
> What's the common resolution to this situation?  I'm concerned about
> potential compatibility issues if I remove/ignore the -STABLE version
> by using rc.conf to point at a port/package version.

It works for me.

named_program="/usr/local/sbin/named"
named_flags="-c /etc/namedb/named.conf"

I used to do the same with ntpd, before 4.1.0 was imported.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com

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