tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post4385100067929028529..comments2023-10-16T06:06:25.012-04:00Comments on TaoSecurity Blog: Draft Version of New Keeping FreeBSD Applications Up-To-DateRichard Bejtlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13512184196416665417noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-44947154406202696822009-09-14T00:12:35.497-04:002009-09-14T00:12:35.497-04:00Hi richard,
Feedback for your "keeping freeb...Hi richard,<br /><br />Feedback for your "keeping freebsd applications up to date" document. Firstly great article. This is something I could hand to someone not very familiar with fbsd ports to get them up to speed fast. I would like to add maybe some extra goodies that you may want to add.<br /><br />1. You can mount someone else's distfiles on /cdrom/ports/distfiles ie over NFS. The port will usually check /cdrom/ports/distfiles for the distfile before pulling it down via ftp or http.<br /><br />2. You mention the tcsh env variable HTTP_PROXY. You may also want to mention the env variable HTTP_PROXY_AUTH for authenticating proxies. Syntax is as such:<br />HTTP_PROXY_AUTH=basic:*:username:password.<br /><br />3. A mention of "/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portell" would be grand. I have an alias of "pt" that runs portell. Very handy port!<br /><br />4. Another very handy port worth mentioning is "/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg_search". Once again i have alias of "fp" which does "pkg_search -r".Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-16129802820966949932009-08-29T09:47:47.102-04:002009-08-29T09:47:47.102-04:00Does Portmaster have an option to upgrade using pa...Does Portmaster have an option to upgrade using packages instead of compiling ports?Richard Bejtlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13512184196416665417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-13297438525254634212009-08-29T06:14:40.143-04:002009-08-29T06:14:40.143-04:00IMHO port upgrading guides fall short
( not in acc...IMHO port upgrading guides fall short<br />( not in accuracy but in completeness)<br />if they are not subdivided into seperate<br />guides depending upon how many ports are<br />installed. <br />An example is the recent jpeg upgrade where a great many ports were bumped but only some needed it per ldd.<br />I figured out a way to upgrade with<br />lesser hours... [of course this<br />comment expires in a certain amount of<br />time as, every few months I discover a<br />new-and-better way to upgrade, recently<br />with portmaster after its very recent<br />revisions, for some ports... anyway]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com