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November 4th, 2012, 17:56
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Updating with freebsd-update and portsnap
Speaking of updating, this is a little off topic, but is it ok after installing FreeBSD 9.0, Gnome2, Xorg, Firefox, Samba 3.6, to do a
# freebsd-update fetch install and # portsnap fetch extract, or will that mess up the system?
Last edited by wblock@; November 5th, 2012 at 00:01. Reason: please keep threads to one topic. see http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=8816 for use of cmd tags 
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November 5th, 2012, 01:44
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You only run
# portsnap fetch extractto initially populate your ports tree. To update it anytime thereafter run # portsnap fetch updateIt won't hurt anything and you want to keep it up to date as you install programs. I run # freebsd-update fetchafter I've installed everything, but am already up to date at FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 if I run it now. As to whether or not it could cause a problem there is at least one thread addressing problems that it has caused lately , but it's never caused one for me. On the subject of updating ports, just in case you weren't aware of it, it's essential to install /ports-mgmt/portaudit and to run # portaudit -Fdaon a daily basis to stay current on any vulnerabilities, then use /ports-mgmt/portupgrade to upgrade any ports that it lists as having a vulnerability to the newest version, making sure to update your ports tree before you do so. Last edited by Trihexagonal; November 5th, 2012 at 05:23.
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November 5th, 2012, 14:10
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Updating FreeBSD using freebsd-update should not mess up existing userland software when you stay within the same FreeBSD major version (e.g. 9.0 -> 9.1 will be fine, but 8.3 -> 9.0 will require you to rebuild all ports to fix library version bumps).
In case you do need to do extra steps after an upgrade, freebsd-update will tell you about it. With security updates within a release branch a single # freebsd-update fetch install will do the trick (+ a reboot in case /boot/kernel/kernel has been updated).
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