Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:32:29 -0500 From: Chris BeHanna <chris@pennasoft.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: update strategies Message-ID: <200212060832.29240.chris@pennasoft.com> In-Reply-To: <04d001c29cea$951ecfe0$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> References: <5FCDFD3A-08CB-11D7-86ED-003065A9024A@ish.com.au> <04d001c29cea$951ecfe0$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable>
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On Friday 06 December 2002 00:44, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:
>
> I cvsup the source 3x/week via cron, ports slightly less often, and
> buildworld when I feel like it (which isn't TOO often) or when
> there's a security announcement made.
Polite inquiry: why are you cvsup'ing so often when you only
rebuild seldom? You're generating extra load on the cvsup mirror that
you're using to no productive end.
> I'm looking into portupgrade to update ports, it seems like it's
> going to be cool!
It is. Once you have a populated /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf,
it can save you a lot of time.
I'm still not willing to do "portupgrade -aF" nightly, but it
still saves me time.
--
Chris BeHanna http://www.pennasoft.com
Principal Consultant
PennaSoft Corporation
chris@pennasoft.com
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