Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 23:58:50 -0700 From: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I only want stable software Message-ID: <810a540e05012922586675b488@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <41FB6685.5040407@mail.ru> References: <810a540e050129021110164a6a@mail.gmail.com> <41FB6685.5040407@mail.ru>
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Thanks for the help there. I just followed the example in the Handbook, though to be honest I'm not quite sure what everything means. Here's my ports-upfile: *default host=cvsup2.FreeBSD.org *default base=/var/db *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=. *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress ports-all What updates will I be getting with this? I want to be able to keep my system up to date, and I want to have a lot of the new software, but I don't want to be introducing unstable software into my system. I want to be able to keep up with PHP and Apache2 as fixes come out, but I don't want any experimental stuff running, if that makes sense. Hope you guys can lend a hand. On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:33:41 +0300, Andrew P. <infofarmer@mail.ru> wrote: > Pat Maddox wrote: > > I used CVSUP to keep my system up to date. How do I know that it's > > not installing unstable software? I want to keep my software stable, > > but not in the version branching sense. I just don't want it crashing > > my server at all. Is there any way to ensure that I only install high > > quality stable software? > > > > You should use RELENG_4_11 or RELENG_5_3 tags to have cvsup download > security patches only. It's probably the most reliable way to keep your > system as stable as it gets. Just use the following line in your cvsup > supfile: > > src-all tag=RELENG_5_3 > > You could use tag=. for doc-all, and you should use it for ports-all. > > Best wishes, > Andrew P. >
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