From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 4 10:02:30 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4271716A418 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 10:02:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gueven.bay@googlemail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 014C113C46A for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 10:02:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gueven.bay@googlemail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so1595166wxd for ; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:02:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=l/FAzk58L3x8MMONUX/8eBRSaFpur+5mWDTpNAu36zzQZnE/GGWiqfPrWarBgvHpcZgUWfNQV2m8iWex39UL+FnSomN5C55MKQvjFitANpVGgFgSyDWfvp1I8Yuljmdi1JByC7RKDEOFAprD3b2uWPJYhp5v17gF8QQa4HiiZ3U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=SiDrzm+y4nLZFfGGAWk9A676lW1Kx41reXtqMrRTO2ZhMU/uEJjVHG5FKcOOG5wmpUbp53nW6WYOr82FujGhcWA/LZGdEppR7zIdhupH/3moMaW9SO7ewZ+Wu2MfPK9f2qjM0cdGiUztQnZlP/L227baeIfYZW+Gj/maLfbtXLk= Received: by 10.90.88.13 with SMTP id l13mr4940489agb.1188898572758; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:36:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.75.7 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 02:36:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <13413b8f0709040236r565be4beua02cbe8080516859@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:36:12 +0200 From: "Gueven Bay" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <46DD1AF6.20900@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <46DCCC2C.7030402@greywether.com> <46DD1AF6.20900@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Philosophy of default "pkg_add -r" PACKAGESITE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:02:30 -0000 > > I'm curious, why does "pkg_add -r" point to the "release" snapshot of > > ports by default? Is the idea that a "release" is well-tested and that > > any deviation from that (even security or bug-fix changes) is an unknown > > that new users need to be shielded against when grabbing packages with > > "pkg_add -r"? Seems to me it would be better to have "pkg_add -r" point > > to stable (which, if I understand things correctly, does get updated > > packages). > > -release packages have gone through an extensive period of testing with > that release, so you have more confidence they will work. The > up-to-date packages may not work, may not even be present on the FTP > site, and in general are not suitable for users who just want a working > system without having to fiddle with it. > > i.e. defaulting to the packages that came with the release is a > conservative step that is appropriate for users who just want packages > that work, and don't care about always having the latest versions. For > the rest of you, you're going to be doing a lot more hands on admin > anyway, so setting one env variable is not a heavy burden. Do the -release packages get updates for security (and only for security) reasons? I ask because I don't find any information about this on the FBSD webpages. Thanks.