Re: Are there tools for binary update(security etc.) of applications?

2010-07-30 Thread perryh
Luca Renaud wrote: > I updated my system from FreeBSD 8.0 to 8.1 using the tool > freebsd-update. As far as I know this tool only updates the > core system and user land utilities, thus, all other apps > are not updated. Correct. > I use the gnome desktop, and I regularly receive the warning fr

Re: Are there tools for binary update(security etc.) of applications?

2010-07-30 Thread Andreas Rudisch
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:16:55 +0100 Luca Renaud wrote: > My question is: update them through the ports system?(compiling them all?) > or binary update? > Are there tools capable of doing that using the command line?(binary update > of apps not in the core system or userland utilities,but also impo

Are there tools for binary update(security etc.) of applications?

2010-07-30 Thread Luca Renaud
I updated my system from FreeBSD 8.0 to 8.1 using the tool freebsd-update.As far as I know this tool only updates the core system and user land utilities,thus,all other apps are not updated. I use the gnome desktop,and I regularly receive the warning from Software Updater that I have 240,or so,appl