Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:27:07 +1000 From: Scott Muller <smuller@netcommplete.com.au> To: Kris McElroy <kris.mcelroy@duracom.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating FreeBSD Message-ID: <425B400B.60904@netcommplete.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200504112216161.SM01492@KrisLaptop> References: <200504112216161.SM01492@KrisLaptop>
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Kris McElroy wrote: > First things I am a newb to FreeBSD and have made strides coming from > windows. There are a few things that I am unsure about, or need some > direction on. > > I am currently running: FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE #0 and I would like to make > sure that it is up to date with all the necessary patches, security fixes, > etc... I have read up on CVSup but I am unclear of how to actually use it. > Can someone give me some examples? I do not have any xwindow systems > installed, command line only. > Kris, have a look in /usr/share/examples/cvsup for same example files on running cvsup. man cvsup is also useful. here is an example supfile *default host=cvsup2.au.freebsd.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_3 *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress ports-all tag=. src-all This will update src and ports. Change the release and host tags to suit. have a look at /usr/ports/sysutils/fastest_cvsup port to help locate the fastest cvsup server. Run cvsup like so cvsup -g -L 2 /patch/to/supfile and you can watch the files that get updated etc. To update your system check the handbook as well as the README and UPDATING files in /usr/src HTH -- Scott Muller
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