Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:13:04 -0700 From: Dan Hulme <dhulme@gmail.com> To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/installation.html Message-ID: <CAKVEkAbfYQLxLzs7ZSF8MLA1C=pEiK_EhXZwLBX2hTOFpgSKCg@mail.gmail.com>
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It seems two things are missing from the update instructions, here. 1. First, is the issue that is mentioned here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2011-October/064321.html =================================================== First, a minor change must be made to the freebsd-update code in order for it to accept file names appearing in FreeBSD 9.0 which contain the '%' and '@' characters; without this change, freebsd-update will error out with the message "The update metadata is correctly signed, but failed an integrity check". # sed -i '' -e 's/=_/=%@_/' /usr/sbin/freebsd-update =================================================== This information should be present in the installation instructions, else users (like myself) on Freebsd 8.2 will not be able to update to 9.0. 2. Second, is the issue of the src tree disappearing. The update notifies us that the src tree will be removed, due to a change in the "release packaging." This is fine, but is there some reason freebsd-update cannot download the sources on the next fetch? Even though freebsd-update.conf says to update src, it won't do it unless there is a src tree present. I recommend that the docs be updated to explain how to get your src tree back (and up to date with the current binaries from freebsd-update): =================================================== fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/src.txz tar -C / -xvzf src.txz rm src.txz freebsd-update fetch freebsd-update install =================================================== This is the first time I have used freebsd-update, and it is a great utility! I just would like to see the docs be detailed enough to make it possible for users like me to use it. Thanks! Dan
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