Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:14:03 +0300 From: Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com> To: Aleksandr Miroslav <alexmiroslav@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how often to update ports? Message-ID: <4F82B66B.1030608@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CACcSE1xOcqGoRSwfYKgAGNYUvXB488Je5j2NNcWb5JfTD741fw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACcSE1xOcqGoRSwfYKgAGNYUvXB488Je5j2NNcWb5JfTD741fw@mail.gmail.com>
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Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: > How often do you folks update your ports/packages. I was manging two > servers for years for my personal web/email, and I've rarely gone for > more than 3 months with any single package being not up to date, > usually about once a month I would update all my ports. > > > Recently, in the past few months or so, I've added several more > servers, I currently have around 10 servers that I'm managing, and > because of changes in my work schedule, it has become somewhat quite > tedious to do this (keep ports updated as frequently, I mean). > >> From what I've gleaned from this list and other BSD mailing lists that > I'm on, is that some people don't update their port-installed packages > nearly as frequently (security patches/updates aside). Some people go > for months/years without doing so. > > So I'm curious, how often do you keep your ports update, and what are > the reasons for doing so? I update my desktops daily. The process is streamlined and doesn't need an eye on it. I'm updating servers weekly or so. This means I have smaller blob of updates and almost never face large updates that broke everything. -- Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.
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