From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Nov 6 00:19:21 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D806BE55C5B for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2017 00:19:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baho-utot@columbus.rr.com) Received: from cdptpa-cmomta01.email.rr.com (cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.166.232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "Client", Issuer "CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A542C71C9C for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2017 00:19:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baho-utot@columbus.rr.com) Received: from raspberrypi.bildanet.com ([65.186.81.207]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id BV6DeJuimykfIBV6GegmXH; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 00:17:12 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.143] (helo=desktop.example.com) by raspberrypi.bildanet.com with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1eBV8B-0003EX-1A for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 00:19:11 +0000 Subject: Re: Modernizing freebsd-update or moving to source upgrades To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20171105141148.2041.qmail@secure.orange-carb.org> <20171106002647.db7be6d4.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Baho Utot Message-ID: <52adfb20-69cc-c9d9-03b0-3df17bf0243e@columbus.rr.com> Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 19:19:10 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20171106002647.db7be6d4.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfA/hyXGrOB6QC1VcHzJmQikNbebbIA33ABlbWk86I0yGU9sL5oO0i8Ce5usg0IB6e5tCVTF8KGQR7a7TI+O7RJ7A56n4hmrUawSNa/iyXBQkfa1rTlSH 4JMtCJB3AvMQ82CV+i08BH+Jj5Vtfq5K/Ixu03YjnbiaZALRYEcqj2cYkMW6Q1wTGWAconPzHfsUqvzUu8qq2V66SIFS+PnXM5M= X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 00:19:22 -0000 On 11/05/17 18:26, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 09:11:48 -0500 (EST), Colin Henein wrote: >> With the new EOL policy, people will need to be upgrading a lot more >> than before, and I am wondering if there are plans to improve or >> replace the freebsd-update utility with something more modern. > > This will soon be pkg's task. If I understand the ongoing development > correctly, pkg will also manage the base (i. e., the OS) components > which will then be thought of as packages, too. > > I tried once to use the packaged base and all I could say was OH SHIT! amonst other 4 letter words. No packaged base for me unless I do it my self.