From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 8 03:13:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B82F816A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 03:13:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from flabnapple.net (Flabnapple.Net [204.87.183.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8838243D46 for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 03:13:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@rzweb.com) Received: from [10.0.1.7] (c-67-161-70-222.client.comcast.net [67.161.70.222]) (authenticated bits=0) by flabnapple.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j283Ddl0004663 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:13:40 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <59c3bcd39070fa5981512857c33932c4@rzweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ron Gilbert Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:12:39 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) Subject: Getting current ports and packages. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 03:13:47 -0000 I posted the following message on freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org, but didn't get a response, so maybe someone here can help: I am trying to figure out why I am not getting the lasted packages. I am trying to get ImageMagick 6.2.0.5, which according to freshports is the latest, but when I do "pkg_add -r ImageMagick", I get 6.0.6.2. I have run cvsups, which I believe gets me the latest ports, is there an equivalent for packages? I was under the impression that they always got the latest? As far as ports, do I just need to run cvsups to keep it up-to-date? All this is a little confusing: ports, packages, cvsups, portupgrade, etc... :-) Can someone point me to some clear docs on all this? I have spent hours looks at the freebsd docs, but it's just not clicking for me. I just want to make sure I am running the most recent version of mysql, php4, apache, etc, but am really unclear how to get and upgrade ports and packages. Ron