Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote:
I want to make sure I have better routines this time around, when I'm
starting a-fresh. I'd like to keep my system and packages fairly up to
date, and still keep the compiling to a minimum.
Is it possible to pkg_add -r packages from -STABLE on the latest
Svein Halvor Halvorsen svei...@lvor.halvorsen.cc wrote:
Is it possible to pkg_add -r packages from -STABLE on the latest
-RELEASE? That is, will the following work, or slowly render my
system to an incoherent state:
RW wrote:
It'll work most of the time, but occasionally it will fail, when a
Since I started using FreeBSD with 6.2 on my home server, I studied
this problem very well. In the default installation, there are a daily
system check script and a daily security check script included in
periodic. You can easily configure your system so e-mails are sent to
you every days with the
Svein Halvor Halvorsen skrev:
Hi, list!
I have just acquired a new computer to replace an old server. This older
server has been running FreeBSD 5.3 since 2004 and most of its packages
are way out of date. I've been scared of changing something in fear of
rendering the machine unbootable,
Hi, list!
I have just acquired a new computer to replace an old server. This older
server has been running FreeBSD 5.3 since 2004 and most of its packages
are way out of date. I've been scared of changing something in fear of
rendering the machine unbootable, or some core applications
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:58:13 +0100
Svein Halvor Halvorsen svei...@lvor.halvorsen.cc wrote:
Is it possible to pkg_add -r packages from -STABLE on the latest
-RELEASE? That is, will the following work, or slowly render my
system to an incoherent state:
1) Regularly run freebsd-update
2)
Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote:
Hi, list!
I have just acquired a new computer to replace an old server. This older
server has been running FreeBSD 5.3 since 2004 and most of its packages
are way out of date. I've been scared of changing something in fear of
rendering the machine unbootable,
