Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 15:27:58 -0500 From: "Mike" <mike@sixpak.net> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FreeBSD 4.2 and X (now moving to the Ports system) Message-ID: <010601c0857a$f9eae8c0$020aa8c0@sixpak.net>
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Well this is a production box so I'm perfectly content to wait for "official upgrades" versus playing around with the kernel on a daily basis. So basically the only thing that needs to be "kept up to date" is the ports tree? No sources anywhere? CVSup is the one to use for a constant net connection right? Man, this whole box has been an experiment and a half. I did such a poor job (or too good depending on how you look at it) on my firewall that I couldn't even ping localhost :) I've resolved that but somehow only root can ping and normal users can't touch it. I'm wanting to blow the whole thing out and start over, but then again, ya learn more by fixing things that doin it the MS way. I still have DNS and pop3 to install. At least the web server can wait :) (DNS is crucial though, hope this little "Complete FreeBSD" book is right on the money. It appears to have been written for an earlier version of BSD, but at least I know it still references Bind 8. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Johnson" <djohnson@acuson.com> To: "Mike" <mike@sixpak.net> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 1:36 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.2 and X (now moving to the Ports system) > > Mike wrote: > > > > > I guess the next step is the CVS Tree? (or something like that) I > configured > > > it once, so can do it again, but is it upgrading my 4.2 for me? Giving > me > > > updates? or what? Can someone explain this thing a little better to me? > > > > I usually use cvsup, but there are a variety of ways to keep you system > > in sync. In any case, there are two parts to your system, the sources > > and the ports. I never bother with keeping the sources up to date. 4.3 > > will be here soon enough and I'm patient. I do keep the ports tree up to > > date though. > > > > If you do decide to update your sources and do all that "build world" > > stuff, remember that the Handbook says that you *MUST* subscribe to > > freebsd-current and/or freebsd-stable. > > > > David > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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