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
-RELEASE? That is, will the following work, or slowly render my system
to an incoherent state:
Tim Judd wrote:
This was once not the way to do it. I read on the handbook recently
that they actually advertize to use -STABLE packages if you want more
up-to-date programs.
Ok. I also realized that portsnap is more updated than the -STABLE
precompiled packages. I should perhaps get the INDEX file off the ftp
server as well. Is there a way to fetch the actual ports tree used to
produce the current -STABLE package set?
Why is it you wnat to remove the compiling part of it? portupgrade,
portmaster or any other port management tool will take care of that for
you. Just curious on this one.....
The compilation takes forever. Ok, so my new computer (which isn't
exactly "new") will be a lot faster than the one it replaces, but still.
I can always compile coreutils and stuff like that, but larger
applications, I would want to install binary. Also, there is little
advantage nowadays in compiling yourself.
Svein Halvor
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