From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 13:21:11 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2978716A4CE for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:21:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from enigmedia.com (mail.enigmedia.com [207.158.46.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFEF843D2F for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:21:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aklist_061666@enigmedia.com) Received: from ANDREW9KNFJ0JD (68.161.247.47) by enigmedia.com with ESMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 3.2.6) for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:21:11 -0500 Message-ID: <00dc01c50217$a1bf0140$0b01a8c0@enigmedia.net> From: "aklist_061666" To: References: <20050121131608.4a98e572@agnes.myhome.net> <026901c5009c$715f3410$0b01a8c0@enigmedia.net> <20050122204508.GA1163@procyon.nekulturny.org> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:21:35 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: Re: keeping 5.1 install up to date? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:21:11 -0000 > Assuming you have an internet connection, the simplest way to install > CVSUp is (line 2 may wrap): > > 1. su > 2. pkg_add > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/net/cvsup-without-gui-16.1h.tbz OK, great...that's what I wanted to know...I was just starting from the cvsup page and the original method (compiling it from source) was all they proposed. > I know you say you're running 5.1. The 5.1 packages are no longer > maintained, at least on the master site. The above works for me, > though I'm using 5.2.1-RELEASE on this machine, and I think it will > work for you, too. You don't need to install Modula-3 to install or > run CVSUp, only to build it. Does it make more sense, then, to upgrade to 5.2.1 first? All this machine is doing is running BIND 9.2.3. > If you want to build from source but don't want to use the ports tree, > you are not a newbie :) yeah, right! Not this week! Thanks Danny