Possible move back to FreeBSD

[Erich Dollansky]

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" <erichfreebsdlist at ovitrap.com>
> Date: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 11:44 pm
> Subject: Possible move back to FreeBSD
> To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Cc: "Chris" <racerx at makeworld.com>
> 
> 
> 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
> 
>