From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 12 11:51:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DEC816A4CE for ; Wed, 12 May 2004 11:51:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakermmtao01.cox.net (lakermmtao01.cox.net [68.230.240.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C285043D46 for ; Wed, 12 May 2004 11:51:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from A.J.Caines@halplant.com) Received: from mail.halplant.com ([68.100.162.49]) by lakermmtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with ESMTP id <20040512185130.ITOH8483.lakermmtao01.cox.net@mail.halplant.com> for ; Wed, 12 May 2004 14:51:30 -0400 Received: by mail.halplant.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 79DCE25; Wed, 12 May 2004 14:51:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 14:51:29 -0400 From: Andrew J Caines To: stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040512185129.GB43582@hal9000.halplant.com> Mail-Followup-To: stable@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: H.A.L. Plant X-PGP-Fingerprint: C59A 2F74 1139 9432 B457 0B61 DDF2 AA61 67C3 18A1 X-Powered-by: FreeBSD 4.10-PRERELEASE X-URL: http://halplant.com:88/ X-Yahoo-Profile: AJ_Z0 X-ICQ: 283813972 Importance: Normal User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: Keeping FreeBSD up-to-date X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Andrew J Caines List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 18:51:31 -0000 Omar, > What is the most automated way to keep the FreeBSD base up-to-date? Like many FreeBSD users, I've scripted the standard update process (cvsup, make buildworld, buildkernel, installkernel, installworld). I periodically run update_fbsd[1] to make a freshly updated build ready to install, then when I want to install I run install_fbsd, mergemaster and reboot. Note that I don't strictly follow the proper procedure of installing and booting a new kernel before installing a new world. The manual part - shutdown now; install_fbsd; mergemaster; reboot - takes a few minutes on my creaky old PC[3], which is not bad for an OS installation. Updated ports (which update_fbsd does too) are usually all handled by a simple "portupgrade --all". [1] http://halplant.com:88/software/FreeBSD/scripts/update_fbsd [2] http://halplant.com:88/software/FreeBSD/scripts/install_fbsd [3] http://halplant.com:88/systems.html -Andrew- -- _______________________________________________________________________ | -Andrew J. Caines- Unix Systems Engineer A.J.Caines@halplant.com | | "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary | | safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 |