Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:17:24 -0800 (PST) From: Gordon Vrololjak <gvrdolja@nature.Berkeley.EDU> To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updating question (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0312161713181.184@nature.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <3FCFDAC9.6040908@daleco.biz> References: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0312041636010.17776@nature.Berkeley.EDU> <3FCFDAC9.6040908@daleco.biz>
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Ouch... ! That means I should try the make world method and recompile
everything? Seems less of a pain to reinstall. Or should I do a
'portupgrade -a' after updating with cvsup?
I just want to keep up with security updates to keep the system secure.
Gordon
> For the system itself, use the method shown
> in the FreeBSD handbook ("new" method, Chapter
> 21 "The Cutting Edge").
>
> For 3rd party software, install from the ports tree,
> then use portupgrade (also in ports) to keep up
> with the changes. An excellent article by Dru Lavigne:
>
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html
>
> HTH,
>
> Kevin Kinsey
>
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