Date: 08 Feb 2005 09:45:07 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dumb question about ports/packages Message-ID: <44acqfcdqk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200502080907.j1897gdL071181@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <20050208085748.GA13424@sdf.lonestar.org> <200502080907.j1897gdL071181@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> writes: > > How would I upgrade just one package part of the core like that? Or multiple > > ones for that matter. Can you use the ports/packages system? Or do you have > > to do an entire system upgrade (i.e. 4.10 to 4.11). > > I'd say, given that ssh is part of the ports > (/usr/ports/security/ssh), you could ust upgrade that port and install > that port. > > I'd cvsup ports/security > > then make && make install for ssh Um, no, as the original poster pointed out, ssh is part of the base system, and normally you don't need the port. Upgrading the base system *is* the best approach. It *doesn't* normally require updating to the latest release; 4.10, for example, is still a supported branch, and will be for (at least) another year or so. Updating to the latest of the 4.10 branch will do fine for this kind of problem.home | help
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