Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 13:20:04 -0600 From: "Pratt, Benjamin E." <bepratt@stcloudstate.edu> To: "rotten rottie" <r0tt13@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Question about security updates. Message-ID: <4F752E686C8E04449DCB9FA7C3BD967471822D@EXCHANGE.campus.stcloudstate.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] rottie - I'm fairly new to FreeBSD as well (a converted Mandrake user) and I have attached my little cheat sheet about working with the ports tree and running updates. >From what I understand, the ports tree is not installed software, it's just a list of everything that can be installed and a location to easily install it. Just because you have /usr/ports/security/ssh/ in your ports tree does not mean that it is installed. I hope that my attached file helps. It's just what I've compiled into one place from my questions in different discussions and reading http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/. Good luck, Ben -----Original Message----- From: rotten rottie [mailto:r0tt13@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 12:21 PM To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Question about security updates. I am a linux user that wants to switch to freebsd... I am a bit confused about applying updates etc.. I installed a box for trial it was 5.1, I wanted to see if I could use ports to update openssh for a test examp. After the port installed I noticed that another version of openssh was installed on the system. I talked with a friend and he said that it was part of usr/src and I could update it by compiling the usr.bin version.. which was fine and worked. Here are my questions: 1) if there are two trees(lack of better words) why would ssh exit in both the system tree and the ports tree ? Wouldnt it be better to have it in the ports tree ? 2) I have used gentoo in the past and am curious if there is something simular to emerge -up world/system -- I would like to cvs the ports/sys and then be able to see if anything need upgrading .. is this possible ? 3) Say there was a update to openssh .. which would be the proper way to update .. sync the sys tree and then just update ssh .. or sync the tree and recompile the system ? or remove the sys version and install the port version and update the port ? I am very happy with freebsd .. Im still in the exploring stage .. The reasons for my questions is that I am a little weary of using freebsd in production if I dont easily know when updates are avail, having to recompile the system everytime I need a patch for a service. Thanks for helping me convert, rottie _________________________________________________________________ Tired of slow downloads and busy signals? Get a high-speed Internet connection! Comparison-shop your local high-speed providers here. https://broadband.msn.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" [-- Attachment #2 --] Packages pkg_add packagename Installs the package 'packagename' pkg_add -r packagename Installs the package 'packagename' from a remote location pkg_info Lists and describes installed packages pkg_version Tells the version of installed packages pkg_delete packagename Uninstalls the package 'packagename' Ports (requires "Ports Collection") 1) Locate Port a) http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html b) # cd /usr/ports # make search name=lsof Port: lsof-4.56.4 Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof Info: Lists information about open files (similar to fstat(1)) Maint: obrien@FreeBSD.org Index: sysutils B-deps: R-deps: c) # cd /usr/ports # make search key=key_words 2) Install from CD-ROM a) mount the CD-ROM b) # cd /usr/ports/directory/of/port c) # make install clean 3) Install from Internet a) Same as from CD-ROM 4) Uninstall Port a) # cd /usr/ports/directory/of/port b) # make deinstall 5) Upgrade Ports a) Install 'sysutils/portupgrade' b) # pkgdb -F c) # portupgrade -a 6) Update Ports Tree a) Install cvsup (or cvsup-without-gui) b) # vi /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile Example: *default host=cvsup9.us.freebsd.org (cvsup9 = MN, cvsup18 = WI) *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=. *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress ports-all c) # cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile /tmp/ports-sup d) # cd /tmp && cvsup -g -L 2 ports-sup 7) Disallow Specific Ports a) # vi /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf Example: HOLD_PKGS = [ 'bsdpan-*', 'x11*/XFree86*', 'portupgrade', 'python-*', ]
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