Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 12:43:56 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: "jdls" <jdls@apu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a quick question Message-ID: <20010128.12435600@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <20010128132701.D30652@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <000a01c088d5$8a1ad600$1f54d13f@angelstar> <20010128132701.D30652@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 1/28/01, 3:57:01 AM, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> wrote regarding Re: a quick question: > On Saturday, 27 January 2001 at 18:53:29 -0800, jdls wrote: > > > > I would like to know if freebsd supports a feature of debian like > > "apt-get dist-uprade" wherein the libs,packages, etc are upraded > > automatically and via the net. In debian, you can always have the > > latest release just by doing this so you won't have to be stuck with > > an older version and thus, save money,time, etc in the "upgrade". I > > have waded in some of the freeBSD documentation and I came across > > "uprading via the CVS repository"...hmmm... The updating model is different, both in form and spirit: under FreeBSD, you update from sources. The details are found in the [on-line] handbook. Incidentally, I don't know what are the exact "boundary conditions" under which Debian's updating process actually works. OTOH, FreeBSD's mechanism not only concerns the sources, but also ensures that you can even update when there are changes to the *toolchain* itself. Provided that you read the appropriate documentation (the "Cutting Edge" in the handbook, /usr/src/UPDATING), that you track the -stable forum, and that... you pay attention to what you are doing, updating from sources is not very difficult. HTH, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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