Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 00:09:53 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Travis Poppe <tlp@LiquidX.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Our package system: "Fundamentally Flawed" - A Linux User. Message-ID: <20040719070953.GA69143@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040719002221.21b6b9a3@maya.liquidx.org> References: <20040719002221.21b6b9a3@maya.liquidx.org>
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--fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 12:22:21AM -0600, Travis Poppe wrote: > Another issue. What about upgrading? How often are packages rebuilt and c= an=20 > they be easily upgraded without worrying about issues such as the one des= cribed > above? >=20 > I've been told they are rebuilt about once a month or so. For i386 they're updated every week or so, sometimes more frequently. > Are these new > packages that are being rebuilt automatically defaulted to by pkg_add -r?= =20 If you're using -STABLE or -CURRENT, yes. -RELEASE gets package sets produced at the time of release, which means they are unchanging. Kris --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA+3PBWry0BWjoQKURAlyJAKDL+8sUWjI3edasTdhgS7CL2eoQZwCg70CC 3m7m6QgGvD9/culkJjyD5Ww= =Lz6e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7--
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