Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:00:56 -0500 From: Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> To: Steven Susbauer <steven@too1337.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software Update Message-ID: <AANLkTikvocd7ijcDmHi%2B-RyvzMo0d4w-ZGK2XOQJ=0Yo@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4CF1B55F.8020705@too1337.com> References: <AANLkTi=F5Eqr43Mxmx5dayRaCj%2B1mPJO9MJTP43xYfCi@mail.gmail.com> <20101128010104.28201ea8@gumby.homeunix.com> <4CF1B55F.8020705@too1337.com>
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On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Steven Susbauer <steven@too1337.com> wrote: > On 11/27/2010 07:01 PM, RW wrote: > >> 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. >> > > Software Update is provided by gnome-packagekit (or the kde equivalent) and > will nag if updated packages are available. > > To the op, according to > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2009-September/057056.htmlPackageKit was given support for ports using portupgrade or portaudit. > > Thanks Steven, that's what I was looking for.
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