From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 14 21:40:02 2004 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 0932416A4CE for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:40:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mtaw4.prodigy.net (mtaw4.prodigy.net [64.164.98.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C980843D45 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:40:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (f67e62c88184809e2947c70e3620aee6@adsl-67-119-53-203.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.119.53.203]) by mtaw4.prodigy.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2F5e0ox003971; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:40:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C9255535DC; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:39:59 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:39:59 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Jason Zimberoff Message-ID: <20040315053959.GA9844@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200403150500.i2F50rSb013210@grayfox.svs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200403150500.i2F50rSb013210@grayfox.svs.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_update missing? 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: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 05:40:02 -0000 --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 11:00:53PM -0600, Jason Zimberoff wrote: > Hello all. >=20 > I am very new to FreeBSD - so apologies for being a newbie and all... >=20 > Here is my uname output: >=20 > FreeBSD freeBSD.comcast.com 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 1= 6 22:16:53 GMT 2003 root@hollin.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GE= NERIC i386 >=20 > I have tons of questions, but I will start with 2: >=20 > 1. the book I bought "FreeBSD unleashed" by Urban and Tiemann says that I > should be able to use the command "pkg_update" to install newer versions > of things that are already installed. On my machine right now, it just > returns "command not found" when try to run pkg_update. >=20 > pkg_add is working fine. pkg_update was removed a while ago..it was incomplete and no-one was working on it. Most people use the portupgrade port to update their ports thesedays. > 2. Is this the best place to ask questions like this? Yes. Kris --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAVUGvWry0BWjoQKURAqOXAKDUQ09VkZ2O0Jvoo8NruelVXD575wCfcA6j 5wNqLeWLrNlqfKRRPSAbKT8= =u6ID -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU--