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Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 11:03:26 -0600
From: Joshua Lokken <joshua.lokken@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Upgrading/Updating precompiled packages
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On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 23:49:31 +1100, Alex G <alexon005@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a small system running FreeBSD. I'd like to know if there's an easy way to >upgrade/update precompiled ports packages without using ports tree and >portupgrade.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html

Will explain the difference between packages and ports, and how to use
both.  In short, a package is a precompiled binary that you can install
with the 'pkg_add(1)' utility.  It sounds like that is what you want, as 
opposed to maintaining the entire  ports collection.

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Joshua Lokken
Open Source Advocate