Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 20:56:05 +0100 From: Joerg Pernfuss <elessar@bsdforen.de> To: "Kiffin Gish" <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How often portupgrades? Message-ID: <20051203205605.75367bfe@loki> In-Reply-To: <000d01c608c0$631632a0$2401a8c0@XGISH> References: <000d01c608c0$631632a0$2401a8c0@XGISH>
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--Signature_Sat__3_Dec_2005_20_56_05_+0100_PzUzpbu57GRll5rJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:29:41 +0100 "Kiffin Gish" <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> wrote: > Just wondering what a good rule of thumb is in how often to run > portupgrades. >=20 > I figure that once a week should be sufficient, however each time it > runs it can take up to a few hours to complete which seems like an > unnecessary hassle to me. Once it even started rebuilding the > complete gnome port which took a couple days! >=20 > Is this worthwhile? What are the benefits? >=20 > Thanks alot in advance. Everybody has to figure out that one for himself, so, here is my rule of thumb: Upgrade your ports only when you need to. If all installed ports work fine and a new version doesn't introduce some functionality you simply need to have, why update? Just for the sake of updateing? Joerg --=20 | /"\ ASCII ribbon | GnuPG Key ID | c7e4 d91d 64e2 6321 9988 | | \ / campaign against | 0xb248b614 | f27a 4e5b 06ce b248 b614 | | X HTML in email | .the next sentence is a lie. | | / \ and news | .the previous sentence was true. | --Signature_Sat__3_Dec_2005_20_56_05_+0100_PzUzpbu57GRll5rJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDkfhdTlsGzrJIthQRAjygAJ49m89RWpCfSmc2SInfep7HUIPZFACbBq4O czhKVyMuS5d+IxSABuQ+KoY= =Ue3s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Sat__3_Dec_2005_20_56_05_+0100_PzUzpbu57GRll5rJ--
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