From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 11 22:50:57 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 60A6816A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 22:50:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.ade.swiftdsl.com.au (smtp.ade.swiftdsl.com.au [218.214.228.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 159A643D39 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 22:50:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au) Received: (qmail 7818 invoked from network); 11 Feb 2005 22:50:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO daemon.foo.lan) (218.214.176.70) by smtp.ade.swiftdsl.com.au with SMTP; 11 Feb 2005 22:50:54 -0000 From: Ian Moore To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:20:45 +1030 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <20050208085748.GA13424@sdf.lonestar.org> <44acqfcdqk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20050211072027.GA29449@sdf.lonestar.org> In-Reply-To: <20050211072027.GA29449@sdf.lonestar.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1241794.0UzTtEnPP7"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200502120920.52803.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> cc: Olivier Nicole cc: Matt Rechkemmer cc: Lowell Gilbert 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 22:50:57 -0000 --nextPart1241794.0UzTtEnPP7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:50, Matt Rechkemmer wrote: > On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 09:45:07AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > 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? There are 2 UPDATING files - /usr/ports/UPDATING for the ports collection=20 & /usr/src/UPDATING for the base system. > Should upgrading the entire system become a necessity (say 4.10 to 4.11), > would a reboot be *absolutely* necessary? Yes, if you update your kernel, you can't load it except by re-booting. The 'correct' and safest way to update is to do the update, as the handbook= =20 says, involves doing # mergemaster -p # make installworld # mergemaster # reboot in single user mode. > > 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. You should at least update your system when security vulnerabilities occur = in=20 the base system. To minimise upgrades, follow the security branch for your= =20 release - this only has security fixes, not new features. See the handbook= =20 for details. Subscribe to the Security Notifications list to get notificati= on=20 of base system vunerabilities. Cheers, =2D-=20 Ian GPG Key: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~imoore/no-spam.asc --nextPart1241794.0UzTtEnPP7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCDTbMPUlnmbKkJ6ARAvFvAKCj0id6h5ntr+zgj52DZdKaFdd1VwCfRgPO bmFNJEAy3WhUJqouMKc1U84= =NCqr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1241794.0UzTtEnPP7--