Re: Questions about updating...

2003-12-05 Thread C. Ulrich
On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 11:52, rotten rottie wrote: > I know this is probably a touchy subject but.. > > "... the ports tree isn't versioned, it's the equivalent of current" > > Wouldnt it be logical to have current/stable versions of the ports tree ? > Then when you install a base system from

Re: Questions about updating...

2003-12-05 Thread rotten rottie
ortupgrade instead of a make world or having to make the apps manually. I am sorry if I stepped on any toes .. I dont mean to stir up any trouble .. Just an outside observer trying to get started with freebsd. From: Scott W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: rotten rottie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: Questions about updating...

2003-12-04 Thread rotten rottie
proper way to update it... In other word how would I go about upgrading /usr/src/secure/usr.sbin/sshd or named or nfs or anything that is installed in the base install without rebooting ? From: Scott W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: rotten rottie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Questions about updating...

2003-12-03 Thread Scott W
rotten rottie wrote: I am a linux user that wants to switch to freebsd... I am a bit confused about applying updates etc.. I installed a box for trial it was 5.1, I wanted to see if I could use ports to update openssh for a test examp. After the port installed I noticed that another version of o

RE: Questions about updating...

2003-12-03 Thread Riley J. McIntire
> From: rotten rottie > I installed a box for trial it was 5.1, I wanted to see if I could use > ports > to update openssh for a test examp. After the port installed I noticed > that > another version of openssh was installed on the system. I Bad test example. As with named, sendmail and a few ot

Re: Questions about updating...

2003-12-03 Thread Henrik Hudson
On Wednesday 03 December 2003 17:39, "rotten rottie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent a missive stating: > 1) if there are two trees(lack of better words) why would ssh exist in > both > the system tree and the ports tree ? Wouldnt it be better to have it in > the > ports tree ? Ports are not installed b

Re: Questions about updating...

2003-12-03 Thread Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
rotten rottie wrote: I am a linux user that wants to switch to freebsd... I am a bit confused about applying updates etc.. I installed a box for trial it was 5.1, I wanted to see if I could use ports to update openssh for a test examp. After the port installed I noticed that another version of