tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post115989048560434720..comments2023-10-16T06:06:25.012-04:00Comments on TaoSecurity Blog: Essential FreeBSD PortsRichard Bejtlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13512184196416665417noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-1159992771859988022006-10-04T16:12:00.000-04:002006-10-04T16:12:00.000-04:00Hi Richard,First of all, thanks for sharing this w...Hi Richard,<BR/><BR/>First of all, thanks for sharing this with us. I use the first three tools and they are very helpful. It is worth noting though (as you did on previous posts) that, so far, security/freebsd-update relies AFAIK on Colin Percival's update.daemonology.net which only offers i386 binary updates so far. Its integration into the base system with the upcoming 6.2 release makes me believe that this is going to change. Until then, net/cvsup-without-gui is your friend and with the right SUP_* params in /etc/make.conf (shown in /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf), a "make update" in /usr/src get you rolling in no time. Of course, one will still need to run {build,install}world and co.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good posts flowing.<BR/>Saad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-1159950366202015382006-10-04T04:26:00.000-04:002006-10-04T04:26:00.000-04:00Hi Richard!Just wanted to to tell you that I also ...Hi Richard!<BR/><BR/>Just wanted to to tell you that I also use the tools you mentioned on my FreeBSD machines (desktop and laptop). However, I use pkg_rmleaves instead of pkg_cutleaves. It has a nice ncurses menu from which you can select the packages. <A HREF="http://www.freebsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=39223" REL="nofollow">This thread</A> also mentions sysutils/pkg_orphan which seems to eliminate some of the disadvantages of pkg_cutleaves. I haven't tried pkg-orphan myself, so I cannot comment on it. Perhaps you can try it out and make a comparison. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com