The updateing and rebuilding of a FreeBSD system can be extremely time
consuming depending on if you already have a source checkout on your hard
drive... Arbitrary applications that you have installed from ports (or
packages) will not be updated with a make world operation, only those
parts of FreeBSD that are in the base system. Updating your ports tree or
installing the latest package if something dousn't work isn't too hard,
though. Before doing anything, you should read the handbook sections on
CVSup, Anonymous CVS, kernel compilation... ANd remember, grabbing the
source over the web can take all night or longer over dialup, if you have
a high speed connection, you are much better off. Also building the
system after a checkout can take many hours. Make sure that updating is
worth the effort before you do anything. The latest FreeBSD is 4.2 and I
haven't noticed much difference..
Tim
On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Leo Clark wrote:
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> I'm running FreeBSD 4.1 on my server. I installed off a CD a friend burnt
> for me like a day or two after 4.1 came out. Since then I haven't done
> any updating. I though I would try my hand at a CVS update. My question
> is this. If something /has/ been updated since I installed will the
> installed copy of the program be updated? Do I need to uninstall and
> reinstall to get the new version? Do I install on top of what was
> there? Is there a better way to keep track of all my software and make
> sure it's up to date? Thanks.
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