Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2021 17:59:00 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade without Internet access Message-ID: <20211003175900.55d3ed481e14a4f876027836@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <29fc4432-9f33-df5b-7e9a-fce318e426ae@tinka.africa> References: <CAKX4Vk97DgtmTkNjcBVHNPDykJ-Bv-9NXr7TANPqrYa0y3uHNw@mail.gmail.com> <e2004a90-5971-3e4e-2104-de68994a2990@tinka.africa> <175e70ff-318b-8380-80ec-cf3b98b6073a@tundraware.com> <29fc4432-9f33-df5b-7e9a-fce318e426ae@tinka.africa>
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On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 17:23:59 +0200 Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote: > This was the old way of doing it. > > When I got on to FreeBSD, we'd moved on to "freebsd-update" :-). But I > recall many painful memories of mates going toe-to-toe with "make world". <snip> > I'm not into the binary package management for FreeBSD. I'm old skool; I > prefer managing Ports. Interesting contrast that ;) I use packages and freebsd-update having started with source and ports back in the 1.1 days and gone through the coff/elf switch. The convenience and reliability of both of the binary approaches is a delight compared to some of the nightmares I've encountered over the years. > That said, I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone running the binary > packages without Internet. It can be done, you can download the packages to a local repository or use poudriere to maintain your own package repository custom built from ports with your favourite options. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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