From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 9 07:25:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A1D1106566C for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 07:25:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc) Received: from bene1.itea.ntnu.no (bene1.itea.ntnu.no [IPv6:2001:700:300:3::56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6351C8FC23 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 07:25:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bene1.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39BBA16C888 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 09:25:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from maren.thelosingend.net (maren.math.ntnu.no [129.241.211.48]) by bene1.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with SMTP id 082BF16C872 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 09:25:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 97160 invoked by uid 88); 9 Aug 2008 09:25:10 +0200 Received: from maren.math.ntnu.no (HELO weld.ej2.thelosingend.net) (129.241.211.48) by maren.thelosingend.net (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:25:10 +0200 Message-ID: <489D465B.9070504@lvor.halvorsen.cc> Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:25:15 +0200 From: Svein Halvor Halvorsen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080315) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Polytropon References: <70ec82800808072020h5aafa48axe4140c5eeb229854@mail.gmail.com> <20080808070114.3aa40072.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20080808070114.3aa40072.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 OpenPGP: id=9198BB40; url=mailto:pgpkey@svein.halvorsen.cc Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig9EF1B05CDAA78C944DF28CEC" X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at bene1.itea.ntnu.no Cc: Krishna Mohan Gundu , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A few questions from a current linux user X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:25:36 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig9EF1B05CDAA78C944DF28CEC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Polytropon wrote: >> 4) If a binary update leads to an unstable system, how easy it is to >> backtrack to an earlier working version along with working config >> files? >=20 > An update set provided via freebsd-update should not render a system > unstable / unusable; at least it's possible that the system is not > in a working state when the update process gets interrupted at a > critical point, but I never had such a problem. In the worst case, > you can restore the base system from the installation CD (or via > bootonly + network) and try the update again. There's a "freebsd-update rollback", but I've never had the need to use it, so I can't say how well it works. But I guess it does what you're asking. --------------enig9EF1B05CDAA78C944DF28CEC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: mailto:pgpkey@svein.halvorsen.cc to get my PGP-key iEYEARECAAYFAkidRl4ACgkQhQg3vZGYu0C8HACferZReprSPoTgTSKNjWfGwgkY QWgAoMezjNUPI66fibvSboOTYg5Q2msG =E0jG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig9EF1B05CDAA78C944DF28CEC--