Date: 02 Dec 2001 12:59:06 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Darren Crotchett <darren@crotchett.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: updating Message-ID: <lhoflhpcdh.flh@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200112020557.VAA13061@thig.blarg.net> References: <20011201211900.967F637B421@hub.freebsd.org> <20011202015108.75CB337B41C@hub.freebsd.org> <ie1yieqox7.yie@localhost.localdomain> <200112020557.VAA13061@thig.blarg.net>
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Darren Crotchett <darren@crotchett.com> writes: > The only thing that I really changed from your suggestion was the > tag=RELENG_4. I changed mine to tag=RELENG_4_4. I hope that was OK. Depends on what you want. The Handbook explains that _4 is for 4.X STABLE and _4_4 is for 4.4 RELEASE updated only for security-related/serious problems. > So, assuming that this works out, if I want to put it in a cron, how often > should I run it? And, if this updates the sources, do I need to follow it up > with a pkg_update or something to update the binaries. I can't give good advise. I do it by hand when "needed". Ports before (re)installing a port with "make" or "portupgrade". Src before doing the "make world" thing described in the Handbook and often discussed here. Some people try do this only to fix security problems, others do it very often (maybe as often as daily, but I'm not really sure). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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