Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 22:04:54 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Jim Angstadt <jimajima9@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Package Questions Message-ID: <445EB556.4030500@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20060508013519.51360.qmail@web50004.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060508013519.51360.qmail@web50004.mail.yahoo.com>
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Jim Angstadt wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm new to FreeBSD and a first time poster to this > list. I have used Linux for several years but would > like to see what FreeBSD is like. > Welcome! > tiny# uname -a > FreeBSD tiny.brc.localnet > 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: > Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005 > root@x64.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > i386 <snip long, but perfectly acceptable narrative.> > Good grief, what am I doing wrong? This cannot be the > correct way to manage errata. > > Please accept my apologies for the long message, I > wanted to give a fuller picture of these problems. > NP. First, foremost, **IANAE**, YMMV, #include <disclaimer.h> and so on. Really. This tangled mess of dependencies is exactly what the ports system was designed to solve. Several automated tools exist to help. I'd suggest installing cvsup & portupgrade, and running something like `portupgrade -arR` (but check the manpage first to see what exactly that does). I use portupgrade, and occasionally portmanager, to keep almost 700 ports up to date on my workstation. Colin Percival's "portsnap" is up and coming, too, and I *think* is based on binary patching. <??> In the event that you prefer to use pre-compiled packages (and it seems as if you have thus far), pass "-P" to portupgrade as well, and it will do its best to avoid compiling software during the upgrade process. Dru Lavigne has a good article on using portupgrade and friends at: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. -- Henry Kissinger
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