The FreeBSD packages updating is too slow!

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miniqq

I got this by portaudit:
Code: 
auditfile.tbz                                 100% of   66 kB   56 kBps
New database installed.
Database created: Tue Mar  8 15:55:00 CST 2011
Affected package: firefox-3.6.13,1
Type of problem: mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities.
Reference: http://portaudit.FreeBSD.org/45f102cd-4456-11e0-9580-4061862b8c22.html

Affected package: thunderbird-3.1.7
Type of problem: mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities.
Reference: http://portaudit.FreeBSD.org/45f102cd-4456-11e0-9580-4061862b8c22.html

2 problem(s) in your installed packages found.

You are advised to update or deinstall the affected package(s) immediately

But the FreeBSD lastest packages repos ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-stable/Latest/ keep the old problem ones!

I hate to compile these (firefox* thunderbird* gcc*) big big fat softwares!

What do you think?
 
miniqq said:
The freebsd packages updating is too slow!
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Mate, they DO NOT UPDATE AT ALL ... they are just built at RELEASE and thats it.

If you want packages built every 2 weeks, then you need to move to STABLE.
 
vermaden said:
Mate, they DO NOT UPDATE AT ALL ... they are just built at RELEASE and thats it.

If you want packages built every 2 weeks, then you need to move to STABLE.
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The OP is using the -stable package tree.
 
vermaden said:
Mate, they DO NOT UPDATE AT ALL ... they are just built at RELEASE and thats it.

If you want packages built every 2 weeks, then You need to move to STABLE.
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I am using 8.2 - stable on my laptop, so I don't want to compile all GUI' software on my system!
 
Le sigh. :(

Binary packages are created at the time the installer CDs are created. These are located under the various X.Y-release directories on the FTP servers. These packages are rarely, if ever, updated.

Binary packages for the development trees (-stable and -current) are created/updated on a periodic schedule. I believe it's once a month or something like that. These are stored in the X-stable and X-current directories on the FTP servers.

Thus, if you want to use binary packages, you must be patient and only update once a month (or thereabouts).

If you don't like this time-lag, then consider donating to the FreeBSD Foundation. :)
 
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