How to keep FreeBSD System up to Date

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How to keep FreeBSD System up to Date

Postby stephen » Sun May 09, 2010 9:46 am

A good summary of the tools to keep the FREEBSD System up to date, can be found here
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-keep-freebsd-system-upto-date.html

Upgrade FreeBSD ports collection

Run portsnap as follows:
# portsnap fetch extract


Display outdated ports list

You can list outdated ports list with pkg_version command:
# pkg_version -vIL=
OR
# pkg_version -vIL'<'
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