Re: [ntp:questions] Updating NTP on FreeBSD 8.x

2012-11-19 Thread David Taylor
On 19/11/2012 04:51, Steve Kostecke wrote: You don't. Just update the port to the current version of ntp-devel. Doing so usually works unless there is a significant enough change in the port codebase to "break" the port. Here's how: 1. cd /usr/ports/net/ntp-devel 2. Edit the Makefile and updat

Re: [ntp:questions] Updating NTP on FreeBSD 8.x

2012-11-18 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2012-11-18, David Taylor wrote: > On 18/11/2012 00:27, Thomas Laus wrote: > >> The FreeBSD port maintainer is the one that keeps up with updating >> the port when new versions become available. > > ... I guess I just have to wait if I use the portmaster route. You don't. Just update the port

Re: [ntp:questions] Updating NTP on FreeBSD 8.x

2012-11-18 Thread David Taylor
On 18/11/2012 07:49, Garrett Wollman wrote: [] And on FreeBSD you'd do it the exact same way as you do on GNU/Linux, and with the same disadvantages (viz., inability to use the standard package management tools to update or remove it). -GAWollman Thanks, Garrett, I can give that a try. -- Chee

Re: [ntp:questions] Updating NTP on FreeBSD 8.x

2012-11-18 Thread Garrett Wollman
In article , David Taylor wrote: >Thanks, Tom, I guess I just have to wait if I use the portmaster route. > At least on Windows and Linux I now know how to compile the latest >tarball archive. And on FreeBSD you'd do it the exact same way as you do on GNU/Linux, and with the same disadvantag

Re: [ntp:questions] Updating NTP on FreeBSD 8.x

2012-11-17 Thread David Taylor
On 18/11/2012 00:27, Thomas Laus wrote: On 2012-11-17, David Taylor wrote: Pardon my ignorance, but with FreeBSD if I run: # portmaster -a # portmaster net/ntp-devel I appear to get 4.2.7p304, which is not the latest version. Is there something extra I should be doing to get the late

Re: [ntp:questions] Updating NTP on FreeBSD 8.x

2012-11-17 Thread Thomas Laus
On 2012-11-17, David Taylor wrote: > Pardon my ignorance, but with FreeBSD if I run: > ># portmaster -a ># portmaster net/ntp-devel > > I appear to get 4.2.7p304, which is not the latest version. Is there > something extra I should be doing to get the latest version, or am I > reliant o

[ntp:questions] Updating NTP on FreeBSD 8.x

2012-11-17 Thread David Taylor
Pardon my ignorance, but with FreeBSD if I run: # portmaster -a # portmaster net/ntp-devel I appear to get 4.2.7p304, which is not the latest version. Is there something extra I should be doing to get the latest version, or am I reliant on whoever updates the FreeBSD stuff? I think thos