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On 07/09/15 12:06, Quartz wrote:
> So... does anyone have any ideas here? Is any of this even possible?
>
>
> On 2015-07-07 8:14 PM, Quartz wrote:
>> Have a couple odd situations I need to work around. I'm wondering if
>> anyone can help me answer the following questions about updating:
>>
>> 1) How do I get a list of available updates for a system WITHOUT
>> actually downloading anything or writing any files to disk?

I would like to see this as well :-) ....

>>
>> 2) How do I get freebsd-update to install only specific patches or
>> updates instead of everything?

Given the integration of base system packages & kernel, I don't think 
you would want to do this. This actually sounds kinda .... dare I say it 
(?) .... *linuxy* .... ick

>>
>> 3) How do I (or even can I) manually download patches onto a usb drive
>> and then install them onto a machine that has no internet connection?
>>
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