From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 11:45:45 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 5D38C1065672 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:45:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from mail5out.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19C958FC16 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:45:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: by mail5out.barnet.com.au (Postfix, from userid 1001) id ADA192218A66; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:45:43 +1000 (EST) X-Viruscan-Id: <489AE06600003A4E685F0E@BarNet> Received: from mail5auth.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail5auth.barnet.com.au", Issuer "*.barnet.com.au" (verified OK)) by mail5.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 259BD21B4B8C; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:45:41 +1000 (EST) Received: from k7.mavetju (ppp121-44-11-180.lns10.syd7.internode.on.net [121.44.11.180]) by mail5auth.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id E000C2218A3F; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:45:39 +1000 (EST) Received: by k7.mavetju (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5147924A; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:44:46 +1000 (EST) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:44:46 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20080807114446.GA80011@k7.mavetju> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, Druckbar Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <489AC833.2000106@textildruckerei.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Druckbar Subject: Ports upgrade within Jail 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: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:45:45 -0000 > Will i encounter problems if i just upgrade my ports using portsnap and > portmaster? or will those tools be aware of the version my base system > is and only use ports that are made for this version? The components of your jail are totally seperate from the host. You can use portsnap, or cvsup, or csup (can you? not sure) to update *your* ports collection. Only things which won't work are kernel drivers etc, you can't load them. But for the rest, no problem at all. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/