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Date:      Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:01:04 +0000
From:      RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Software Update
Message-ID:  <20101128010104.28201ea8@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:36:09 -0500
Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> wrote:

> My fbsd desktop is popping up with Software Update. My question is
> weather this pulls updates from packages or ports.

There are a few applications, such as opera, that can "phone home" and
check for newer versions. Typically they can't upgrade because they lack
privileges.

Perhaps you could be a little less vague.



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