From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 7 01:02:28 2008 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 1FB8E106566B for ; Wed, 7 May 2008 01:02:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@mikestammer.com) Received: from mho-01-bos.mailhop.org (mho-01-bos.mailhop.org [63.208.196.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF5EA8FC12 for ; Wed, 7 May 2008 01:02:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@mikestammer.com) Received: from vdsl-151-118-132-54.dnvr.qwest.net ([151.118.132.54] helo=mail.mikestammer.com) by mho-01-bos.mailhop.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JtY39-000Nk3-2w; Wed, 07 May 2008 01:02:27 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99835B874; Wed, 7 May 2008 19:01:31 -0600 (MDT) X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Originating-IP: 151.118.132.54 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.mailhop.org/outbound/abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1+gfqF7YWSf6t4C5Kg21eAGURoO4tXHmrI= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from mail.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id kgtNxk5b0yVi; Wed, 7 May 2008 19:00:45 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.0.110] (unknown [192.168.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3A009B870; Wed, 7 May 2008 19:00:42 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <4820FF63.20402@mikestammer.com> Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 19:01:23 -0600 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dsiuh Djsids References: <466267.30177.qm@web45703.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <466267.30177.qm@web45703.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports/Packages Philosophy 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: Wed, 07 May 2008 01:02:28 -0000 Dsiuh Djsids wrote: > I am interested to know what some of your software installing/updating philosophies are regarding ports/packages on either a server or a home desktop. For example, how often do you update your software and when you do, do you run something like 'portupgrade -a' or individually take care of each piece of software? > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > _______________________________________________ > 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" > i run portsnap 2x a day via cron and usually update within a day or 2. i always use ports and never packages. i use portmanager -a to upgrade.