Jim Angstadt wrote:
Hi All,
I'm new to FreeBSD and a first time poster to this
list. I have used Linux for several years but would
like to see what FreeBSD is like.
Welcome!
tiny# uname -a
FreeBSD tiny.brc.localnet
6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0:
Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
i386
<snip long, but perfectly acceptable narrative.>
Good grief, what am I doing wrong? This cannot be the
correct way to manage errata.
Please accept my apologies for the long message, I
wanted to give a fuller picture of these problems.
NP.
First, foremost, **IANAE**, YMMV, #include <disclaimer.h>
and so on. Really.
This tangled mess of dependencies is exactly what
the ports system was designed to solve. Several
automated tools exist to help. I'd suggest installing cvsup &
portupgrade, and running something like `portupgrade -arR`
(but check the manpage first to see what exactly that does).
I use portupgrade, and occasionally portmanager, to keep
almost 700 ports up to date on my workstation. Colin Percival's
"portsnap" is up and coming, too, and I *think* is based on
binary patching. <??>
In the event that you prefer to use pre-compiled packages
(and it seems as if you have thus far), pass "-P" to portupgrade
as well, and it will do its best to avoid compiling software
during the upgrade process.
Dru Lavigne has a good article on using portupgrade and
friends at:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html
HTH,
Kevin Kinsey
--
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
-- Henry Kissinger
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