From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 28 02:01:20 2010 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 0B2A51065679 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 02:01:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xaero@xaerolimit.net) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99EC78FC1E for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 02:01:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyb7 with SMTP id 7so1490314eyb.13 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:01:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.16.72 with SMTP id n8mr7872601eba.38.1290909676849; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:01:16 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.31.209 with HTTP; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:00:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4CF1B55F.8020705@too1337.com> References: <20101128010104.28201ea8@gumby.homeunix.com> <4CF1B55F.8020705@too1337.com> From: Chris Brennan Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:00:56 -0500 Message-ID: To: Steven Susbauer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software Update 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: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 02:01:20 -0000 On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Steven Susbauer wrote: > On 11/27/2010 07:01 PM, RW wrote: > >> On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:36:09 -0500 >> Chris Brennan 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.