From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 13 11:38:14 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4F3A37B411 for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2001 11:38:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (ryan@localhost) by ren.sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA99823; Sat, 13 Oct 2001 12:38:08 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 12:38:08 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: Courtney Thomas Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSup is overkill for me In-Reply-To: <3BC82FAC.C06B42B5@flash.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Courtney Thomas wrote to Ryan Thompson: > How do you upgrade a single port ? Hi Courtney, Check out the "portupgrade" port. (/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade). It automates much of the process, and allows you to, with relative ease, upgrade a single port. Hope this helps, - Ryan > Thanks, > > ccthomas@flash.net > > > > > Ryan Thompson wrote: > > > > sabine225@home.com wrote to questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > > > > > > > > On Friday, October 12, 2001, at 05:54 PM, Philip Paeps wrote: > > > > > > > It's not *that* difficult, is it? > > > > > > It's horrendous. > > > > > > I don't want CURRENT I want STABLE, STABLE sounds better. > > > > I think in your other post you mentioned wanting to track security > > updates, and maybe updates of certain ports (Apache). Security updates can > > be tracked by subscribing to the freebsd-security-notifications mailing > > list, and following the directions in the security notices which apply to > > you, to apply the fix or workaround. > > > > As for updating Apache, etc.. There are numerous ways (portupgrade) to > > upgrade the port, if you really need to. In fact, a standard buildworld > > won't compile your ports or hand-installed 3rd party applications. > > > > cvsup is great for developers and interested people who want to track > > -STABLE or -CURRENT, but if you just want security patches and maybe the > > odd port upgrade, cvsup IS overkill. :-) > > > > > But all the docs say no problem just say > > > tag=something_from_a_list_somewhere_that_no_one_seems_to_tell_you_where_it_is > > > > > > Tell me is it, "RELENG_4" ? > > > > Yes, currently 4.4-STABLE > > > > > [...] > > > > - Ryan > > > > -- > > Ryan Thompson > > Network Administrator, Accounts > > > > SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com > > #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 > > > > Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon > > Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- Ryan Thompson Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message