Comments on: FreeBSD Update Software and Apply Security Patches

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:40:49 +0000

nice concise info, thanks

By: Mark Hentov

Mark Hentov — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:53:41 +0000

Why does freebsd-update fail so utterly? Yes, my machine is online. I can ping the entire Interwub. Yes, my firewall is off.

root@mentos# freebsd-update fetch
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors… 4 mirrors found.
Fetching public key from update2.FreeBSD.org… failed.
Fetching public key from update5.FreeBSD.org…
failed.
Fetching public key from update4.FreeBSD.org… failed.
Fetching public key from update3.FreeBSD.org… failed.
No mirrors remaining, giving up.

root@mentos# ping hhh.com
PING hhh.com (208.73.210.48): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 208.73.210.48: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=93.654 ms
64 bytes from 208.73.210.48: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=97.775 ms

By: Biwebco.com

Biwebco.com — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:45:52 +0000

thx!

By: NNT

NNT — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:28:38 +0000

Biwebco.com >

do a binary rehash
# rehash

By: Biwebco.com

Biwebco.com — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:22:55 +0000

nice time,
I’m trying FreeBSD and can’t get portmanager to run.

#make install clean
……
* see man portmanager(1) or http://portmanager.sunsite.dk
*
===> Compressing manual pages for portmanager-0.4.1_9
===> Running ldconfig
/sbin/ldconfig -m /usr/local/lib
===> Registering installation for portmanager-0.4.1_9
===> Cleaning for portmanager-0.4.1_9

# portmanager -u
portmanager: Command not found.

What’s wrong? THX

By: How to download install patches on FreeBSD using commands.

How to download install patches on FreeBSD using commands. — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:38:36 +0000

[...] binary mode use freebsd-update. This works great if you are not using custom kernel. See tutorial: FreeBSD Update Software and Apply Security Patches To patch base system using source code (build world) use make and cvsup commands, see tutorial – [...]

By: Roy

Roy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:56:55 +0000

I tried to upgrade install softwares on my system like this and it messed up my system. I backed up all the configuration file. But so many libraries are missing. So many programs broken. I would recommend upgrading installed ports using automated tools like this. I have tried portupgrade and it wasnt very good. But it didnt damage my system like this. lol

By: David Radovanovic

David Radovanovic — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:37:08 +0000

Thanks a bunch for the easy to read and comprehend instructions. They have saved me a lot of wasted time. Thanks again!

By: Keijo Salakari

Keijo Salakari — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:31:20 +0000

Portmanager have moved to /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmanager folder.

What about portupgrade?

Is it okay?

By: Balwinder S Dheeman

Balwinder S Dheeman — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:19:42 +0000

Yep, portsnap though howsoever smart it may be or may it be in the base system, is useless for all though people who have some custom ports in their /usr/ports tree. So, … You need to use csup or cvsup instead ;)

You have not mentioned the lovely ‘portaudit’, we need not update and, or upgrade every application and, or package on live servers; The portaudit can advise you on security alerts and, or any vulnerabilities found in your installed packages/ports

Take care,

By: vivek

vivek — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:30:13 +0000

@raj,

portmanager www/apache22 -l -u -f

By: raj

raj — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:27:39 +0000

George Donnelly Says:using an automated tool to update all installed ports is IMO risky and not recommended for production machines.

So what command do you recommend to upgrade Apache port?

By: vivek

vivek — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:15:51 +0000

George,

Thanks for the heads up.

Bok,

Yup, I forgot about freebsd-update. Thanks for sharing the same with us.

By: BOK

BOK — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:36:16 +0000

Don’t forget the “freebsd-update”-command for binary updates of the base system!
http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/
It’s standard in FreeBSD-6.2-RELEASE these days.

By: George Donnelly

George Donnelly — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:43:34 +0000

- portsnap, as you mention, is in the base system. so there is no need to install it from ports too.

- “make;make install;make clean” that is silly. just run ‘make install clean’

- ‘portsnap featch’ typo.

- using an automated tool to update all installed ports is IMO risky and not recommended for production machines.