Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:08:22 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Michael Grant <mg-fbsd3@grant.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: keeping all things up to date Message-ID: <20070417160822.GA29078@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <62b856460704170112x7bae258dm5aede163b203a85b@mail.gmail.com> References: <62b856460704170112x7bae258dm5aede163b203a85b@mail.gmail.com>
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--0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 10:12:31AM +0200, Michael Grant wrote: > Is there some sort of automated way to keep freebsd and all the > installed ports/packages up to date automatically? >=20 > I don't mean just the source, that part is easy. I mean something > that actually reinstalls the things ad needed, sort of like windows > update or the updater on ubuntu. Well, almost. For ports I'd advise portmaster. All in all it works well, but you have to keep reading /usr/ports/UPDATING. And since some ports configuration val= ues can't be handled by the options framework, you've got to put them in /etc/make.conf if you want to automate things. Rebuilding the kernel + world is relatively easy and well documented in the handbook, but the mergemaster(8) step requires a human looking at which config files to update or to leave alone. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGJPD2EnfvsMMhpyURAnYjAJ4rzg2SFM6Rk7sqisJ7yEK8nVX4iQCgnhxA pXyVy0hUGpQ3tWjnq2IUIr8= =WQhx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE--
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