Re: Handling of ports, and naming convention?

From: Matthew Smith (matt_at_forsetti.com)
Date: 05/20/03

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    Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 11:36:41 -0400
To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org

    lasse wrote:

    >2. Ports, how do i know i i got the latest set of ports? and if there are new ports out, can i upgrade all ports in one step? (apt-get dist-upgrade) (the debian way)
    >

        /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade -- a whole set of tools to do
    exactly what you are looking for

    >3. Where can i find a good howto about recompile the kernel? (step by step, but not for dummies)
    >
         Chapter 9 of the FreeBSD handbook
    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html

    I'll leave 1 and 4 up to the more knowledgeable...

    -Matt

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