Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:02:29 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Free BSD 8.1 Message-ID: <4ca19305.qVDnt7/ifQhIrQ0c%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <201009271016.26902.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> References: <20100926123019.GA41450@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <4C9F3BBA.2060809@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4ca03df2.lQjjNnRah4BJhw4Y%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <201009271016.26902.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>
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Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> wrote: > On Monday 27 September 2010, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > I've recently started on a new system, and am planning to > > install 8.1-RELEASE, including the corresponding ports tree; > > then install what ports I can from packages and also fetch the > > corresponding distfiles; and finally build -- from release- > > corresponding ports -- any that aren't available as packages or > > where I want non-default OPTION settings. That approach should > > avoid most nasty surprises while getting things set up and > > working. _After_ everything is installed and configured > > properly will be plenty soon enough to consider whether any > > ports need to be updated -- and the already-installed-and- > > working package collection will provide a fallback in case > > of trouble trying to build any updated versions. > > The problem is if/when you need to update a port as a result of > a security advisory. If your ports tree is very much out of date > then it's likely that updating that one port will require a number > of dependencies to be updated as well, sometimes all the ports > depending on one or more of the updated dependencies need to be > updated as well and the resultant bag of worms can take quite a > lot of sorting out. The "little and often" approach of keeping > the ports tree up to date could be less traumatic. and, in this context, your point is? I'm advocating starting from a stable and self-consistent baseline, consisting of a release _and_ its corresponding port/package collection, and then considering whether any updates are needed. Isn't that orthogonal to the question of whether or not to follow ports updates, once the baseline has been established?
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