Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:12:37 +0200 From: Toni Schmidbauer <toni@stderror.at> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebuilding after CVSUP Message-ID: <20030930151237.GD38246@devil.stderror.at> In-Reply-To: <41245.207.5.142.198.1064864514.squirrel@bmyster.com> References: <41245.207.5.142.198.1064864514.squirrel@bmyster.com>
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--9dgjiU4MmWPVapMU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 03:41:54PM -0400, Brent Bailey wrote: > Im running 5 4.8rc1 FBSD machines ..ive already done a cvsup ..im getting > ready to do the rebuild of the systems >=20 > Ive been reffering to the howtos on www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd >=20 > but id like to get the lists opinion on this seeing as these are > production machines im working on. - first i would recommend reading the handbook about buildworld http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html - if this are production machines, i would use tag=3DRELENG_4_8 so you are only updating to the latest security branch. developers at freebsd.org are currently preparing to release 4.9 so -stable could be shaky. - in a production environment, always try the update on a test maschine (wh= ich should be identical to the prod machines) - you could try updating the servers over nfs, see the handbook mentioned a= bove. if you read the documentation really carefully, there is nothing to be afra= id of. i am updating my servers since 3 years via cvsup/installworld and never had= a=20 problem (thanks to the freebsd team :-). hth, toni=20 --=20 Kann man etwas nicht verstehen, dann urteile man | toni at stderror dot at= =20 lieber gar nicht, als dass man verurteile. | Toni Schmidbauer -- Rudolf Steiner |=20 --9dgjiU4MmWPVapMU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/eZ1ku/mjSj7RMocRAspPAJ9Du0AVrgjVQAipupwDKMoQNdyZ0QCfZJ9m MEgvEjYsYGJYteuROmow3XQ= =6P0Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9dgjiU4MmWPVapMU--
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