Cassius
08-06-2005, 03:59 AM
I don't know if an update system is already on the way for PC-BSD.
But if no in-depth code has been written already, it may be best to leave it as simple as possible.
You can just add the command to crontab and leave the rest to a script file.
Nice and simple.
I run /usr/sbin/cvsup -g -L 2 /etc/cvsupfile every day at 1:00am, the same can be done for PBI's I'm sure. A GUI with a checkbox for auto update and a dropdown list for the time will make things a lot simpler, I think.
I mean, instead of a full application just for updating PC-BSD and PBI's, why not a GUI front end to an update script? Nothing fancy, just a small KDE app(let) with a few inputs that can minimize to the systray.
It'll make manual editing ( if necessary, like switching cvsup servers, but even that can be left up to the GUI via text box ) a lot easier.
But if no in-depth code has been written already, it may be best to leave it as simple as possible.
You can just add the command to crontab and leave the rest to a script file.
Nice and simple.
I run /usr/sbin/cvsup -g -L 2 /etc/cvsupfile every day at 1:00am, the same can be done for PBI's I'm sure. A GUI with a checkbox for auto update and a dropdown list for the time will make things a lot simpler, I think.
I mean, instead of a full application just for updating PC-BSD and PBI's, why not a GUI front end to an update script? Nothing fancy, just a small KDE app(let) with a few inputs that can minimize to the systray.
It'll make manual editing ( if necessary, like switching cvsup servers, but even that can be left up to the GUI via text box ) a lot easier.