From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 2 23:12:58 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F304F16A47B for ; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 23:12:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AABCD43CC0 for ; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 23:12:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kB2NCjiG018584 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 15:12:46 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.101] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kB2NCjHp024394 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 15:12:45 -0800 Message-ID: <4572086D.6040700@u.washington.edu> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 15:12:45 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4571F325.7080608@webtent.net> In-Reply-To: <4571F325.7080608@webtent.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.2.285561, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2006.12.2.145933 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: Best way to upgrade base programs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 23:12:59 -0000 Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > Can someone offer some guidance as to the best way to upgrade packages > that were not installed via the ports system? For instance, openssh. > Would 'portinstall sshd' work and the system see the new version or > should it be uninstalled some way first? I am running 5.3 and 6.1. > > Thanks, Robert If you use the base package version, I believe that the best way to go about installing the latest and greatest version would be to go... cd /usr/src; make clean cleandir; cd crypto/openssh; make depend; make; make install If you're using the ports version, portupgrade openssh would do the trick, but you are probably not using that particular version.. If you are trying to upgrade SSL related ports that were affected by a vulnerability, you may just want to run buildworld and installworld on it (see ). -Garrett