Hi, On Friday 03 February 2012 12:49:41 Chris wrote: > Allow me to apologize for top posting. > where should be the problem?
> I am familliar with pkg_add. I guess I'm more concerned with updating > userland when sec fixes ate released. portupgrade -P or -PP will do the job then. Erich > > Sent from my HTC. > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Erich Dollansky" <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 11:44 pm > Subject: Possible move back to FreeBSD > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: "Chris" <[email protected]> > > > Hi, > > On Friday 03 February 2012 12:34:57 Chris wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have been using Debian for a few years now (previous BSD user) and I'm > > considering moving back. > > > > Admittedly, I have gotten used to the simplicity of using apt-get to update > > the system. > > > > What will pull me back is if there is an equivalent to use. I do not intend > > on custom kernels, and I don't intend on using ports (it was the many hours > > spent keeping the ports tree current along with installed ports). > > > how about pkg_add? > > It installs a binary version of the port directly on your machine. As long as > the binary exists, there is no problem. I experienced in very rare cases that > a package was not available at the moment I needed at the server I used for > downloading. Then, I used the ports as a backup. > > Erich > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
