Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 08:27:24 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> To: Paul Stewart <paul@paulstewart.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keeping Updated Message-ID: <4A02D3AC.1050903@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <000001c9ce66$ed588fc0$c809af40$@org> References: <000001c9ce66$ed588fc0$c809af40$@org>
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Paul Stewart wrote: > I guess I'm kinda wondering the "condensed quick version" of what people are > typically doing to keep their system updated from source without making life > difficult ;) Yes, I've been reading through various things to get myself > updated to newer info but there's also a lot of stuff on the Internet based > on older info hence why I'm asking. Not to take away from any of the other great responses, I just want to throw out there that I use fastest_cvsup to find the csup server with the lowest latency: # pkg_add -r fastest_cvsup ... and then run it like this: # fastest_cvsup -c ca,us Given that I know where you are, you will likely always be best off with cvsup.ca.FreeBSD.org, and put that into your supfile against default host. I then run "csup -L 2 -g /etc/supfile" in cron for once a week. I'll then update the actual system for advisories, new features if they apply to me, or generally any time I turn up a new system or VM to keep them all consistent. Cheers, Steve
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