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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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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

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