From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 11 07:21:53 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFBDC16A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:21:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (mx.freeshell.org [192.94.73.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55B7043D3F for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:21:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tiberius@sdf.lonestar.org) Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (IDENT:tiberius@sverige.freeshell.org [192.94.73.4]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1B7KSV7015085; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:20:28 GMT Received: (from tiberius@localhost) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.8/Submit) id j1B7KRkq002685; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:20:27 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:20:27 -0700 From: Matt Rechkemmer To: Lowell Gilbert Message-ID: <20050211072027.GA29449@sdf.lonestar.org> References: <20050208085748.GA13424@sdf.lonestar.org> <200502080907.j1897gdL071181@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <44acqfcdqk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44acqfcdqk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: Olivier Nicole cc: tiberius@trancell.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dumb question about ports/packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:21:53 -0000 On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 09:45:07AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > Um, no, as the original poster pointed out, ssh is part of the base > system, and normally you don't need the port. > > Upgrading the base system *is* the best approach. It *doesn't* > normally require updating to the latest release; 4.10, for example, is > still a supported branch, and will be for (at least) another year or > so. Updating to the latest of the 4.10 branch will do fine for this > kind of problem. These are probably RTFM questions, but I didn't seem to find a mention of the base system packages in the UPGRADING document. So how would one update a base package, check it out of CVS and just compile/install like normal? Should upgrading the entire system become a necessity (say 4.10 to 4.11), would a reboot be *absolutely* necessary? Final question :-), is there anyway to determine if a base package is out of date? Or is just wise to leave the base alone and upgrade when a new release comes along. Many thanks, -- Matt Rechkemmer tiberius@trancell.org