From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 9 14:02:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 D52F816A4DE for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 14:02:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from idmc_vivr@intgdev.com) Received: from omr5.networksolutionsemail.com (omr5.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F14D43D46 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 14:02:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from idmc_vivr@intgdev.com) Received: from mail.networksolutionsemail.com (ns-omr5.mgt.netsol.com [10.49.6.68]) by omr5.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k79E2mR6011623 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 10:02:48 -0400 Received: (qmail 3682 invoked by uid 78); 9 Aug 2006 14:02:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO webmail4) (205.178.146.50) by ns-omr5.lb.hosting.dc2.netsol.com with SMTP; 9 Aug 2006 14:02:48 -0000 Received: from 208.40.29.234 (idmc_vivr@intgdev.com [208.40.29.234]) by webmail4 (EdgeDesk 4.02) with WEBMAIL id 12305; Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:02:48 +0000 From: "V.I.Victor" To: "Frank Staals" Importance: Normal Sensitivity: Normal Message-ID: X-Mailer: Mintersoft EdgeDesk, Build 4.03.0105 X-Originating-IP: [208.40.29.234] X-Forwarded-For: [(null)] Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:02:48 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add question 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: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:02:49 -0000 >V.I.Victor wrote: >> Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from >> 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? >> >> Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' >> >> What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... >> >> >Well I guess it works, but why not just cvsup your ports ( or use >portsnap ) and use portupgrade to update your ports ? In general that >would be the best Idea > >-- >-Frank Staals This is a small machine that is only used as an email "front-end." When I built it I didn't install 'ports' -- sorry, I should have mentioned that in the original post. > >