Re: updating question (fwd)

From: Gordon Vrololjak (gvrdolja_at_nature.Berkeley.EDU)
Date: 12/17/03

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    Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:17:24 -0800 (PST)
To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>

    Ouch... ! That means I should try the make world method and recompile
    everything? Seems less of a pain to reinstall. Or should I do a
    'portupgrade -a' after updating with cvsup?

    I just want to keep up with security updates to keep the system secure.
    Gordon

    > For the system itself, use the method shown
    > in the FreeBSD handbook ("new" method, Chapter
    > 21 "The Cutting Edge").
    >
    > For 3rd party software, install from the ports tree,
    > then use portupgrade (also in ports) to keep up
    > with the changes. An excellent article by Dru Lavigne:
    >
    > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html
    >
    > HTH,
    >
    > Kevin Kinsey
    >
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