From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 20 08:32:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6770737B401 for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 08:32:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (imap.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3879743FB1 for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 08:32:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matthias.sz@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 17347 invoked by uid 65534); 20 May 2003 15:32:35 -0000 Received: from pD9E3C793.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO [192.168.0.6]) (217.227.199.147) by mail.gmx.net (mp014-rz3) with SMTP; 20 May 2003 17:32:35 +0200 From: Matthias Szupryczynski To: freeBSD-newbies In-Reply-To: <20030520173016.5e3aae7d.lasse.lindgren@home.se> References: <20030520173016.5e3aae7d.lasse.lindgren@home.se> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1053444680.1405.60.camel@arwen.lindenstrasse> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 20 May 2003 17:31:20 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Handling of ports, and naming convention? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: matthias.sz@gmx.net List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 15:32:39 -0000 Hi, On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 17:30, lasse wrote: > 2. Ports, how do i know i i got the latest set of ports? and if there > are new ports out, can i upgrade all ports in one step? to get the latest version of the ports tree, use cvsup (see man cvsup or the handbook for more detailed information). To upgrade all installed ports to their latest version, use portupgrade (which you can find under /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade). The man pages tells you all you have to know, as far as I remember, portupgrade -a will update every installed port. > 3. Where can i find a good howto about recompile the kernel? > (step by step, but not for dummies) Look at the Makefile found under /usr/src .. you should find quite a few interesting notes there, including a step by step guide what to do to get the system and the kernel up-to-date. HTH Matt