Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 17:17:57 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Thingie #1 - non-package updates Message-ID: <20021004221756.GE33584@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20021004145859.P79505-100000@babelfish.pursued-with.net> References: <20021004145859.P79505-100000@babelfish.pursued-with.net>
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In the last episode (Oct 04), Kevin Stevens said: > I generally use port-upgrade to update installed packages, and > -upgrade STABLE releases manually. However, this leaves a gap when > software that is installed as part of the base system, like bind, has > upgrade releases that occur more frequently than the -STABLE > releases. > > What's the common resolution to this situation? I'm concerned about > potential compatibility issues if I remove/ignore the -STABLE version > by using rc.conf to point at a port/package version. It works for me. named_program="/usr/local/sbin/named" named_flags="-c /etc/namedb/named.conf" I used to do the same with ntpd, before 4.1.0 was imported. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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