From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 9 05:08:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18CA816A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 05:08:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailout1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de (mailout1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de [131.159.0.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2066D43D55 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 05:08:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from barner@in.tum.de) Received: by zi025.glhnet.mhn.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 84BC85B94; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 14:07:57 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 14:07:57 +0100 From: Simon Barner To: Chris Message-ID: <20040309130757.GC1112@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> References: <000401c40531$0ab88de0$0100000a@liberty> <2121A5DA-7125-11D8-B6F7-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com> <20040308181733.GG891@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <200403081224.34802.racerx@makeworld.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UPT3ojh+0CqEDtpF" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200403081224.34802.racerx@makeworld.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at informatik.tu-muenchen.de cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Update utility X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 13:08:39 -0000 --UPT3ojh+0CqEDtpF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chris wrote: > > However, once you use a source based update method, the port will not w= ork > > any longer, since your installation will consist of custom binaries tha= t do > > not match the recorded checksums. > I like the idea of the bin-updates. Most of the end users of FBSD really > don't have a need to have custom src so this may be a very acceptable > way to go. I was not necessarily thinking of local changes to the source tree, but also of some applications that can be compiled with customized options (e.g. sendmail with TSL+SASL support). Of course, I agree with you, that the majority of end users will not do this (or use one of the ports). Btw. I just had a look at the web site[1], and it seems that freebsd-update can deal with systems that were updated using the source based method. [...] > I'm interested in the time it takes to do the freebsd-update, and > if rebooting is needed.=20 I haven't tried it, either. I guess that you will need to reboot as soon as the kernel is patched, otherwise shutting down and restarting the service in question should be enough. Simon --=20 [1] http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/ --UPT3ojh+0CqEDtpF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFATcGtCkn+/eutqCoRAiDLAKCEd8Ruitm3+GK0W0wmZKD6e5QzzACfc29m nXGZHT0NAP/BExdoMlbBoXw= =fsQk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UPT3ojh+0CqEDtpF--