Re: Keeping Updated

2009-05-07 Thread Steve Bertrand
Paul Stewart wrote: I guess I'm kinda wondering the condensed quick version of what people are typically doing to keep their system updated from source without making life difficult ;) Yes, I've been reading through various things to get myself updated to newer info but there's also a lot of

Keeping Updated

2009-05-06 Thread Paul Stewart
Hi there. I'm sorry if this seems like a basic question but slowly drifting back to the FreeBSD world after 10 years away in the Linux world ;) After some consideration, I believe I still like the idea of source based updating versus binary. This raises my first question - getting

Re: Keeping Updated

2009-05-06 Thread Freddie Cash
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Paul Stewart p...@paulstewart.org wrote: snip I guess I'm kinda wondering the condensed quick version of what people are typically doing to keep their system updated from source without making life difficult ;)  Yes, I've been reading through various things to

Re: Keeping Updated

2009-05-06 Thread Tuomo Latto
Paul Stewart wrote: This raises my first question - getting updating source. Where do I obtain it from and how do I know when it's updated? I presume only during major updates/upgrades and/or security issues is when the source tree ever changes? Umm... No. Or depends on what you mean.

Re: Keeping Updated

2009-05-06 Thread Andrew J. Caines
Paul, I guess I'm kinda wondering the condensed quick version of what people are typically doing to keep their system updated from source without making life difficult ;) In addition to the reference already given, there is a concise description under COMMON ITEMS near the end of