Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:34:11 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Walter Alejandro Iglesias <roquesor@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Same version on binary packages and updated ports Message-ID: <20111229173411.GC24443@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20111229161611.GA81214@chancha.local> References: <20111229161611.GA81214@chancha.local>
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On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 05:16:11PM +0100, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote: Hi, I am not expert on all this, but can give a couple of impressions. > Hello, > > I am giving my firsts steps with FreeBSD. Welcome to FreeBSD. It is a good system. > I've searched a lot in google, mailing list, forums, freebsd > handbook and I am still not clear about the following. > > In a RELEASE fresh install, after updating the ports using i.e. > portsnap, the packages downloaded with pkp_add -r are older > versions respect their port counterparts, leading to > dependencies issues. So, once the ports tree is updated: > > 1) Am I forced to compile all? Anything that has changed and anything that depends on those things. That can mean a lot of recompiling. > > 2) Should I use STABLE to get the same versions with pkg_add > than compiling up to date ports? Are STABLE packages compiled > from this ports? Check this page: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ It's more accurate than what I started to wrie. The ports tree and the OS release generally sync up when a RELEASE comes out, but that soon begins to diverge as ports are changed. Ports are worked on independently by port maintainers. ////jerry > 3) In case my assumption above is correct; taking in care that > in a production system it is advisable (handbook) to stay with > RELEASE, should I avoid updating the ports tree in i.e. a server > machine? What to do with broken ports in this case? > > Resuming, is there a default way to install-update the software > keeping ports and binary packages in one piece? What is > advisable in general terms for a desktop and what for a server? > > It will be enough for me if someone just point me to documentation. > > Big thanks > > > Walter > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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