Just wondering what a good rule of thumb is in how often to run portupgrades.
I figure that once a week should be sufficient, however each time it runs it
can take up to a few hours to complete which seems like an unnecessary hassle
to me. Once it even started rebuilding the complete gnome port
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:29:41 +0100
"Kiffin Gish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just wondering what a good rule of thumb is in how often to run
> portupgrades.
>
> I figure that once a week should be sufficient, however each time it
> runs it can take up to a few hours to complete which seems like
On Saturday 03 December 2005 19:56, Joerg Pernfuss wrote:
> Everybody has to figure out that one for himself, so, here is my
> rule of thumb:
>
> Upgrade your ports only when you need to.
>
> If all installed ports work fine and a new version doesn't introduce
> some functionality you simply
On Saturday 24 December 2005 11:29, the author Kiffin Gish contributed to the
dialogue on-
How often portupgrades?:
>Just wondering what a good rule of thumb is in how often to run
> portupgrades.
>
>I figure that once a week should be sufficient, however each time it runs it
>
On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 17:51 -0800, Vizion wrote:
> On Saturday 24 December 2005 11:29, the author Kiffin Gish contributed to
> the
> dialogue on-
> How often portupgrades?:
>
> >Just wondering what a good rule of thumb is in how often to run
> > portupgrades.
>
Kiffin Gish wrote:
> Then one seriously wonders what the benefit is of upgraded more than
> once every few months or so.
install portaudit, run portaudit -Fda, and make your own choice about
what to upgrade
with portaudit installed you will also see nightly portaudit-checks in
your "daily securi
On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, Kiffin Gish wrote:
On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 17:51 -0800, Vizion wrote:
I have been using freebsd for quite a long time and I find that sometimes I am
constantly upgrading a machine which is being used for development something
and then when I just need systems to carry on doing
Joerg Pernfuss wrote:
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:29:41 +0100
"Kiffin Gish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Just wondering what a good rule of thumb is in how often to run
portupgrades.
I figure that once a week should be sufficient, however each time it
runs it can take up to a few hours to complete w
On Sunday 04 December 2005 03:41, the author Kiffin Gish contributed to the
dialogue on-
Re: How often portupgrades?:
>On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 17:51 -0800, Vizion wrote:
>> On Saturday 24 December 2005 11:29, the author Kiffin Gish contributed to
>> the dialogue on-
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--- Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just wondering what a good rule of thumb is in how
> often to run portupgrades.
>
> I figure that once a week should be sufficient,
> however each time it runs it can take up to a few
> hours to complete which seems like an unnecessary
> hassle to me
; From: Kris Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 22:21
> To: Kiffin Gish; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: How often portupgrades?
>
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> --- Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Just wondering what a
Kiffin Gish wrote:
Yes, I believe that using portaudit as a kind of pre-selection tool for
filtering out important updates is a good way of doing things.
Do a cronjob every week or so and see what it has to say.
Thanks a lot.
If you install portaudit, it shall be run every night during you
> Just wondering what a good rule of thumb is in how often to run
> portupgrades.
Kiffin,
In my opinion, there is no. If you need an upgrade, go for it, if not, why
portupgrade? You don't need to follow each little jump of version.
>
> I figure that once a week should be sufficient, however eac
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