From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 17 16:08:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC4CB16A402 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:08:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E9A113C4CA for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:08:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l3HG8M8S097405; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:08:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 93885B854; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:08:22 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:08:22 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Michael Grant Message-ID: <20070417160822.GA29078@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Michael Grant , FreeBSD Questions References: <62b856460704170112x7bae258dm5aede163b203a85b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <62b856460704170112x7bae258dm5aede163b203a85b@mail.gmail.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: keeping all things up to date X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:08:28 -0000 --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--