From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 30 14:30:17 2011 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 9D416106566C for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:30:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roquesor@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2706B8FC08 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:30:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbdr11 with SMTP id dr11so24237068wgb.31 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:30:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=d2+N5RvlW1xYxmKj/XlnZHoBgXGa9l+AXcrS8R53oWQ=; b=JWpT3eIr57fMtNo6x9k9nPMac77kDk6AS0LSAjV2RM5SzcTX0d1uoqZ7+++xWnlbUP lOkIYlXyQS0QEOdVxzfN0xEIICFzW37QyyIy86wDr+ylVtmVplKXwBttMxmCC/jYwy0I kggyALUxZx5Y3Wd3US5YOLxjKnyZMtgIgxaXA= Received: by 10.227.206.66 with SMTP id ft2mr39320043wbb.8.1325255413472; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:30:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (136.Red-88-17-164.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net. [88.17.164.136]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ej17sm39749285wbb.14.2011.12.30.06.30.11 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:30:12 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:30:05 +0100 From: Walter Alejandro Iglesias To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20111230142850.GA1916@chancha.local> References: <20111229161611.GA81214@chancha.local> <51AF4F0E-AD5A-4D0A-BC33-4C452B2D1650@mac.com> <20111229185325.GA56404@chancha.local> <20111230131435.43bc218f@gumby.homeunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111230131435.43bc218f@gumby.homeunix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: Same version on binary packages and updated ports 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: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:30:17 -0000 On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 01:14:35PM +0000, RW wrote: > If it's for a production server, you might consider building your own > packages on a separate machine. My principal interest is server side. The true is, a year ago, I gave a try to a server (a web server) in a VPS and the only two things I must to compile was the kernel to add quota support and php5 to add the apache module (surely, being a novice, that defaults obey to reasons I ignore). I abandoned because the provider was at US and ssh was very slow from Europe (where I live). With updates at server side, the only point I'd like experienced people here give me an opinion about is to what extent I can rely security patches on freebsd-update command. Just a subjective opinion is enough, nothing specific. Other thing I have pending to learn is what poly mentioned: jails. Anyway I inquire into updates because I try as far as possible to run the same OS at my desktop to avoid checking man pages each time I use ls or cp :-). But, in general, I think I am fine with RELEASE at desktop too.