From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 21 16:35:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC0DF16A4CE for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:35:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out007.verizon.net (out007pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.107]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85C8743D5C for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:35:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from [192.168.1.3] ([68.160.193.218]) by out007.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20040821163523.VZPH1210.out007.verizon.net@[192.168.1.3]>; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:35:23 -0500 Message-ID: <412779BD.5050005@mac.com> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:35:09 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger Organization: The Courts of Chaos User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: spidey@act.co.za References: <000901c48776$3a260f40$0b01000a@SPIDEY> In-Reply-To: <000901c48776$3a260f40$0b01000a@SPIDEY> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out007.verizon.net from [68.160.193.218] at Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:35:23 -0500 cc: FreeBSD-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing apps X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:35:25 -0000 Spidey Knepscheld wrote: > This might be the silliest question on air but shit I need to know.If I > am not mistaken to install a new app I first need to update the ports > tree ? Since others have told you how to update your ports tree, let me try to answer the other part of the question: No, you don't absolutely have to update the ports tree to install a new app. If you build an app using an old ports tree, you may get an older version of the app, and/or you may miss important changes in terms of security patches or other fixes which have appeared since you last updated ports. If you stay current with your ports, the people who maintain them will try to only make mistakes once, and then fix those problems before anyone else runs into them. If you don't stay current, then it's up to you to maintain the software on your machines yourself, and to be willing to fix any problems you run into as a result yourself. [ Most people find the ports very useful. ] -- -Chuck