From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Jul 13 01:42:32 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 443BB99B40E for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2015 01:42:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from quartz@sneakertech.com) Received: from douhisi.pair.com (douhisi.pair.com [209.68.5.179]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1EFF71AFE for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2015 01:42:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from quartz@sneakertech.com) Received: from [10.2.2.1] (pool-173-48-121-235.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [173.48.121.235]) by douhisi.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 435B33F6D6; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 21:42:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <55A31780.2050103@sneakertech.com> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 21:42:24 -0400 From: Quartz User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: kpneal@pobox.com CC: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: Questions about freebsd-update References: <559C6B73.8050509@sneakertech.com> <559EA8B8.8080701@sneakertech.com> <559ED47E.8050905@hiwaay.net> <559F25F8.1030508@sneakertech.com> <559F2853.5000103@sneakertech.com> <55A12660.9090304@gmx.de> <55A20318.8010506@sneakertech.com> <20150712192836.GA3919@neutralgood.org> In-Reply-To: <20150712192836.GA3919@neutralgood.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 01:42:32 -0000 > What level of granularity would you prefer for freebsd-update? With OSX/Windows I can see the past list of system updates/KBs made available since the base OS came out. I apparently can't do that with freebsd-update. With OSX/Windows I have the option of foregoing the most recent update(s) and installing only an older version if necessary. I apparently can't do that with freebsd-update. With OSX/Windows I have the ability to download some of the major updates separately as standalone packages, which I can then copy over via usb stick and install offline. I apparently can't do that with freebsd-update. I originally started this thread hoping that I was just wrong about freebsd-update, that maybe it was more advanced than I thought, that there was a simpler way to do updates besides the src/make/install dance. It's clear to me now that the situation is what I thought it was, so I'll just continue dealing with it the way I always have.