From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 3 05:53:53 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C93EF1065674 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 05:53:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com) Received: from alogreentechnologies.com (alogreentechnologies.com [67.212.226.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80EDA8FC14 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 05:53:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from amd620.ovitrap.com ([49.128.188.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by alogreentechnologies.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id q135rncM001210; Thu, 2 Feb 2012 22:53:51 -0700 From: Erich Dollansky To: "Chris" Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:53:53 +0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (FreeBSD/8.2-STABLE; KDE/4.6.5; amd64; ; ) References: <5C.D8.07689.3857B2F4@cm-omr2> In-Reply-To: <5C.D8.07689.3857B2F4@cm-omr2> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201202031253.53732.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possible move back to FreeBSD 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: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:53:53 -0000 Hi, On Friday 03 February 2012 12:49:41 Chris wrote: > Allow me to apologize for top posting. > where should be the problem? > I am familliar with pkg_add. I guess I'm more concerned with updating userland when sec fixes ate released. portupgrade -P or -PP will do the job then. Erich > > Sent from my HTC. > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Erich Dollansky" > Date: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 11:44 pm > Subject: Possible move back to FreeBSD > To: > Cc: "Chris" > > > Hi, > > On Friday 03 February 2012 12:34:57 Chris wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have been using Debian for a few years now (previous BSD user) and I'm considering moving back. > > > > Admittedly, I have gotten used to the simplicity of using apt-get to update the system. > > > > What will pull me back is if there is an equivalent to use. I do not intend on custom kernels, and I don't intend on using ports (it was the many hours spent keeping the ports tree current along with installed ports). > > > how about pkg_add? > > It installs a binary version of the port directly on your machine. As long as the binary exists, there is no problem. I experienced in very rare cases that a package was not available at the moment I needed at the server I used for downloading. Then, I used the ports as a backup. > > Erich > >