Start with reading this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html
cvsup-without-gui is in the ports and is very easy to use. Also take a look at the portupgrade port, It does a very good job of upgrading your ports without much hassle. Cheers, Beech ------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - Network Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | NorthWind Communications \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99518-1841 No More Spam! http://www.knockmail.com/default.asp?AID=B0R00073 / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "sweetleaf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 10:56 PM Subject: how to update release with just security patches > I just installed FreeBSD 4.7 and need some guidance ,examples, on > tracking the 4.7 stable release. This is a production server so i just > want to find out how to get it up2date with security patches etc... for > the stable 4.7 release. The cvs commands in the faq are confusing so i > would appreciate some help on getting only the updates needed via..cvs > and then applying them. > > Thanks in advance. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message