Suggestions from another rookie(me): I use the ports tree and portsnap, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/portsnap.html, and when it's time to update the following "one liner" works great for me:
cd /boot/ ; cp -Rp kernel kernel.good ; cd /usr/src ; cvsup -gL2 /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile ; make -j4 buildworld ; make buildkernel ; make installkernel ; make installworld; mergermaster ; reboot ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Bliss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 8:44 PM Subject: easy patch management tools > Hi everyone, first let me say that I'm pretty new to bsd, so please forgive > the newbie questions; I've been using linux (redhat, suse, centos) for many > years, and so learning bsd was a bit of a learning curve, but not bad (I > almost never use gui's for administration); I was wondering if there are any > packagement tools for freebsd/pcbsd that offer simular functionality to > up2date or yum; I take care of installing and updating complete rpm based > systems using yum, and have not found a tool simular to yum for freebds (I'm > also trying to stay away from pbi's, since they are specific to pcbsd); I've > used the pkg_add, pkg_delete, portupgrade tools, but am just looking for an > easy way to ensure my entire bsd box is updated; Also, as I understand it, > bsd makes use of ports, by using tools such as cvsup, however I have never > had much success compiling my own software, as such much prefer to use > binary packages, which I understand that the freebsd authors provide; for > example, if I wanted to install pine, I would much rather install it by > running pkg_add -r pine ; I'm just looking for a simple way to update > currently installed binaries, simular to installing new binaries with > pkg_add ; thanks very much for your help with this. > > Aaron > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
