From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 21 03:28:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB0E016A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 03:28:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpout03-03.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpout03-03.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 571C743D53 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 03:28:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ara@avvali.com) Received: (qmail 8112 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2004 03:28:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO webmail01.mesa1.secureserver.net) (64.202.166.114) by smtpout03-03.mesa1.secureserver.net with SMTP; 21 Jul 2004 03:28:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 6943 invoked by uid 99); 21 Jul 2004 03:28:01 -0000 Message-ID: <20040721032801.6942.qmail@webmail01.mesa1.secureserver.net> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:28:01 -0700 From: Ara@Avvali.COM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Subject: how to update freebsd? newbie X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 03:28:02 -0000 hi i am sorry if this is a stupid question i ask but i am willing to see if someone helps me to understand the freebsd update process, i just came from redhat so forgive me i did couple of readings on line and used handbook, even bought a freebsd unleashed book, but i still have not got this i have to install cvsup-without-GUI and then synchronize the sources. then sync the port collection and then build work to keep it updated/ but build work takes a while and i don't think this is a good idea to do everyday. is there any way so i can just get the required packages built or even download a pre-made package from ftp? also what happens let's say i install gimp 2.x and next week 2.y comes up, is there any way so it automatically checks everyday to see if there is a new version and download and install from packages? help is appreciated