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Old 28th July 2008
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Originally Posted by MrDetermination View Post
-Automatically updates OS and applications daily
I'll leave the rest to others, but I'd suggest strongly that you not do this. You really should read /usr/src/UPDATING and /usr/ports/UPDATING before you do anything. Most times there are no issues, but more often than you would like there are.

When updating src (the kernel and world) you should use mergemaster, which is interactive. In ports, you run into things like a gettext upgrade, where you have to recompile all your installed ports. You have no way of knowing what you will find, so you do it manually.

Besides, server stability is more important than having the latest and greatest. If it works, why bother to upgrade? FWIW, I update my desktops every few months, but I have not touched my server since Jan 2007. I ought to do so one of these days, but it works well, the benefits from updating would be modest at best, and I would have to recompile a whole lot of custom-ported applications that I would then have to get working again. So it just keeps on running.
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