PKG usage and updates

[spanglefox]

Having partially got to grips with the new pkg system, which appears to be a significant improvement over previous; I have a few simple questions:

1) Is pkg upgrade command similar, in functionality, to the apt-get upgrade command found on some Linux systems?

2) Having seen a post from @phoenix, are packages regularly updated to include latest security and bug fixes? Especially if pointing pkgat the "Latest".

3) Are there localised repositories that can be used, similar to the FTP mirrors? For example pkg+http://pkg.UK.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest

 

[Beastie]

Is pkg upgrade command similar, in functionality, to the apt-get upgrade command found on some Linux systems?

I can't really compare, as I've never used apt-get upgrade.

By default, pkg upgrade runs pkg-update (same as manually running pkg update), which fetches an up-to-date list of packages from the repository. It then compares that list with what you currently have installed and offers to reinstall/upgrade those packages that have been modified and upgrade packages that have new versions available. By defaults it also does the same with all the package's dependencies.

are packages regularly updated to include latest security and bug fixes? Especially if pointing pkgat the "Latest".

Packages in the "Latest" repository are "built weekly from a snapshot of the Ports Collection every Wednesday morning 01:00 UTC" (source).

Are there localised repositories that can be used, similar to the FTP mirrors? For example pkg+http://pkg.UK.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest

There are currently 3 servers. Check http://pkg.freebsd.org/ for more details.

 

[spanglefox]

Thank you! :beergrin

That did answer all of my questions!