Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 01:35:56 +0000 (UTC) From: Walter Hurry <walterhurry@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keeping my system up to date with CTM or subversion? Message-ID: <knjrps$vs4$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <CAFS4T6aVmg%2BRJzGVHW==nhe8mGE0uEUdSRYaJSC=OBw-uajKdQ@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B8gk9-AaTU35=OGA189o-9q_Z4gOe9b0ogwfsSHgBPTBCwExw@mail.gmail.com> <CAFS4T6avtrKH3BHSBzPMxoBPcS3tuWfvFAW7ZuZvZm7MNGuNBg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:39 -0700, Ed Flecko wrote: > Alexandre, > Yes, that helps - thank you. > > So once you have a system up and running, how do you monitor if and when > you need to upgrade your ports tree? > > By the way, your ports tree is different than installed software > packages, right? In other words, the only reason people even bother to > upgrade their ports tree is so that IF you install a package from source > - the source is current? Is that correct? > > When security vulnerabilities are discovered and patches released by > FBSD, the patch will tell you what steps you need to take to apply the > patch and stay up to date, won't it? > Why are you asking these questions about a *production* server? Run for a while with a test server until you have ironed out any issues.
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