From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 18 10:42:25 2003 Return-Path: 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 0E45216A4B3 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 10:42:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 332DF43F93 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 10:42:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h9IHfPHR064344 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 18 Oct 2003 18:41:55 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id h9IHfPv3064343; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 18:41:25 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 18:41:25 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: jxz Message-ID: <20031018174125.GA64072@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , jxz , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20031018164602.GA1298@darkmoon> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031018164602.GA1298@darkmoon> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports updates X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:42:25 -0000 --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 02:46:02PM -0200, jxz wrote: > I'm considering upgrading from Linux to FreeBSD in my home machine. I > have some doubts concerning the ports collection: >=20 > I would use the 4.8-RELEASE branch. The ports are stalled (just > security upgrades) or they continue to be updated with new versions of > the softwares?=20 >=20 > What are the updates policies of the ports collections on the other > branches, where do I found more about it?=20 ports do not have any special relation to any particular branch of the OS. There's just ports, which gets continually updated with maybe the occasional hiatus right before new releases when a set of packages is produced to go onto the release CDs Don't confuse ports; which is a framework of makefiles and other supporting material that makes it trivially easy to download source, compile and install any software; with packages; which are the compiled output of ports gathered together in a handy-to-install tar-ball. As complete a set of packages as possible is produced to go with each OS release, and if there's time available on the package building cluster, updated packages will be produced when possible. Given the parallel release tracks of 4.x and 5.x at the moment, there hasn't been much time to produce as many package updates as usual. The typical way of using ports is described very well in a series of onlamp articles by Dru Lavigne: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/07/FreeBSD_Basics.html http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/09/18/FreeBSD_Basics.html but the canonical instructions are at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html= #CVSUP http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/kXtFdtESqEQa7a0RAjZDAJ4x3o1NNwUItgVf30JsQmfYOd3YCACdE+zE AnriHBbyER0utoB3ANhkEzg= =rnrm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq--