Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:25:03 +0100 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Kyle Dippery <kyle@engr.uky.edu> Subject: Re: freebsd-update newbie Message-ID: <201008311625.03931.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20100831135619.GA37924@engr.uky.edu> References: <20100831135619.GA37924@engr.uky.edu>
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On Tuesday 31 August 2010, Kyle Dippery wrote: > I've just installed 8.1 from distribution CDs and updated stable > with cvsup. I want to enable freebsd-update to keep the system, > well, updated. > > First try, 'freebsd-update fetch' yielded a number of failure > messages freebsd-update will only track the RELEASE branch. If you want to track STABLE you'll have to use csup and rebuild the entire system from source each time. Unless you really want to track the latest developments in STABLE you can stay with RELEASE and use freebsd-update to ensure that you get all the security patches. See section 24.5.2 in the FreeBSD Handbook to help you decide if you really need STABLE <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html>; If you choose to stick with RELEASE then it's worth subscribing to the FreeBSD Security Advisories mailing list and only running freebsd-update after any updates have been announced. <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security-notifications>; -- Mike Clarke
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