From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 27 15:04:50 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E9F1106564A for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:04:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54F078FC16 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:04:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 97-126-31-96.tukw.qwest.net ([97.126.31.96] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0F7F-00088z-Qj for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:55:43 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:04:44 -0700 Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:04:44 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100927150444.GA94536@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100926123019.GA41450@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <4C9F3BBA.2060809@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4ca03df2.lQjjNnRah4BJhw4Y%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <201009271016.26902.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201009271016.26902.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: Free BSD 8.1 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: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:04:50 -0000 --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Mike Clarke on Monday, 27 September 2010: > On Monday 27 September 2010, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: >=20 > > I've recently started on a new system, and am planning to install > > 8.1-RELEASE, including the corresponding ports tree; then install > > what ports I can from packages and also fetch the corresponding > > distfiles; and finally build -- from release-corresponding ports -- > > any that aren't available as packages or where I want non-default > > OPTION settings. =A0That approach should avoid most nasty surprises > > while getting things set up and working. =A0_After_ everything is > > installed and configured properly will be plenty soon enough to > > consider whether any ports need to be updated -- and the already- > > installed-and-working package collection will provide a fallback > > in case of trouble trying to build any updated versions. >=20 > The problem is if/when you need to update a port as a result of a=20 > security advisory. If your ports tree is very much out of date then=20 > it's likely that updating that one port will require a number of=20 > dependencies to be updated as well, sometimes all the ports depending=20 > on one or more of the updated dependencies need to be updated as well=20 > and the resultant bag of worms can take quite a lot of sorting out.=20 > The "little and often" approach of keeping the ports tree up to date=20 > could be less traumatic. >=20 > --=20 > Mike Clarke That's the maxim under which I operate. Furthermore, if something does break, it's a lot easier to narrow down what broke it if you updated one or two ports instead of twenty or thirty. I use the same principle in following STABLE -- frequently update/build so = if anything goes wrong, the number of culpable commits is small. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMoLKMAAoJEIpckszW26+Rm90IAIuzlokRaK/QQqe/oelE0ykk JnxJNqrJuKhP47dIVgXpRMVxzOeNwjQ3LDgyeT0IADoIjyRVHhJRFYgqMXe/nnRX j8wRwJ/v5XgemWXXvDqyoxHr1Xa6SJo+KgqPbUKpRUluGYTzVcyHCJHNNJNjDr2t cWgcP/eQMk/T206MZEe+nvjOVNr9Hcf8NkKzha12Y74/p/YCkTMVLMB0/t6OYUH8 KK2e7ne+sJGRgxRApiDDN/CIOmESBfjyHjZvZv0ZIUbP0+ortioPONyoMgwfrNeY dznoxV123jRcs1NpBafF2UrBL51YUXFU0cUXLIg5UZCFYU3zerNY95o1knChocw= =VtMd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+--