Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:54:36 +0100 From: Svein Halvor Halvorsen <svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc> To: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keeping FreeBSD updated (the binary way) Message-ID: <497985CC.5060900@lvor.halvorsen.cc> In-Reply-To: <497955BE.5080806@gmail.com> References: <49791625.7000806@lvor.halvorsen.cc> <497955BE.5080806@gmail.com>
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Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: >> I want to make sure I have better routines this time around, when I'm >> starting a-fresh. I'd like to keep my system and packages fairly up to >> date, and still keep the compiling to a minimum. >> >> Is it possible to pkg_add -r packages from -STABLE on the latest >> -RELEASE? That is, will the following work, or slowly render my system >> to an incoherent state: Tim Judd wrote: > This was once not the way to do it. I read on the handbook recently > that they actually advertize to use -STABLE packages if you want more > up-to-date programs. Ok. I also realized that portsnap is more updated than the -STABLE precompiled packages. I should perhaps get the INDEX file off the ftp server as well. Is there a way to fetch the actual ports tree used to produce the current -STABLE package set? > Why is it you wnat to remove the compiling part of it? portupgrade, > portmaster or any other port management tool will take care of that for > you. Just curious on this one..... The compilation takes forever. Ok, so my new computer (which isn't exactly "new") will be a lot faster than the one it replaces, but still. I can always compile coreutils and stuff like that, but larger applications, I would want to install binary. Also, there is little advantage nowadays in compiling yourself. Svein Halvor
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