From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 14 09:00:47 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 1E48216A4CE for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 09:00:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8FBC43D39 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 09:00:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i2EH0dCr002778 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:00:39 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i2EH0dqf002758; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:00:39 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:00:38 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Kai Grossjohann Message-ID: <20040314170038.GA88557@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Kai Grossjohann , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <874qsrwfiz.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <874qsrwfiz.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040304, clamav-milter version 0.67j cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Binary upgrades? 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: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:00:47 -0000 --xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 05:37:56PM +0100, Kai Grossjohann wrote: > I wonder if this could be made easier. I'd be surprised if there > wasn't a method of doing binary upgrades already. For example, if we > decided to track releases, would that enable us to do binary upgrades > using sysinstall, say? I vaguely remember having seen an upgrade > option in there... http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update It's still in development, so it hasn't been adopted yet as an official FreeBSD thing, but that surely is just a matter of time. Works exceedingly well, and because of Colin Percival's binary diff tool, it's really very light weight in the bandwidth usage stakes. It's available from ports, of course: security/freebsd-update The 'binary upgrade' option in sysinstall is a different thing: it's essentially a mechanism for wiping and replacing your current system with that release version, backing up various important config files as it does so. You still need to repopulate your /etc directory by merging the updated default contents with the saved versions, and it's generally not as smooth to do as the more usual means of {build,install} {world,kernel} and running mergemaster. (Unless you're upgrading over a large number of versions or across a major version number change). Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAVI+2dtESqEQa7a0RAt+tAJ9wYgbqU49vZOImpBjzHWY8KTIrpQCbB1dK iFiGCzvYqtCCWmdhx6sRf9c= =/0HI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V--