Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:23:34 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Jeff Molofee <nehe@telus.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is "software update" in a working state yet? Message-ID: <44d3ufl3rd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <4C47D479.30901@telus.net> (Jeff Molofee's message of "Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:17:45 -0600") References: <20100721055517.B6C321065752@hub.freebsd.org> <4C47D479.30901@telus.net>
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Jeff Molofee <nehe@telus.net> writes: > I've noticed software update pop up on the screen quite a bit lately. > Initially it popped up and did nothing. Now in 8.1-RC2 it pops up and > shows me that I actually have updates. When I click update, it seems > like it's actually attempting to upgrade the listed packages, but the > entire process always ends with "command 'update-packages' is not > known". > > Do I have something misconfigured or is it still incomplete? Pardon my naivete, but: What is "software update"? It sounds like a GUI-ish thing; Is it a part of some desktop manager? Do you know what it uses as a backend?
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