From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 13 20:02:23 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7487E106567F for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:02:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhellenthal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 370E28FC1B for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:02:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iakl21 with SMTP id l21so7234703iak.13 for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:02:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=SvV8y+DKf8BdLkFtZtnT0+zttzK/EQyWXM0w0JWwwxk=; b=ItlaCem9jhFTbVgQXaPP8/yfMBvq/8GkOwK8szI6C+XCIfBCRrx/y+J7b++PAQhApy ctLi65U7fphvfzq2wVkm8WrXbEZkhQSMgc7omhqeljlVJPmQ+yRliR5KheJswgBJdrHP F9iczj+0qxUcP6O7btxLgi0IfEcA1XOtkNVWo= Received: by 10.50.173.74 with SMTP id bi10mr21824144igc.4.1321214541244; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:02:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from DataIX.net (adsl-99-181-143-66.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net. [99.181.143.66]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fu10sm14925458igc.6.2011.11.13.12.02.19 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:02:20 -0800 (PST) Sender: Jason Hellenthal Received: from DataIX.net (localhost.DataIX.local [127.0.0.1]) by DataIX.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pADK2HE2094910 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:02:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhell@DataIX.net) Received: (from jhell@localhost) by DataIX.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id pADK2HIn094909; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:02:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhell@DataIX.net) Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:02:17 -0500 From: Jason Hellenthal To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20111113200217.GB90789@DataIX.net> References: <201111131851.LAA08702@lariat.net> <4EC01983.3000704@infracaninophile.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4EC01983.3000704@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building servers this weekend. Recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:02:23 -0000 On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 07:24:51PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 13/11/2011 18:51, Brett Glass wrote: > > I need to build up some new servers this weekend, and my first choice > > for the OS would be FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 if it were available. Alas, it > > isn't, and there's no sign of when it's coming (neither the Release > > Engineering page or the Wiki is anywhere near up to date). RC1 has a few > > bugs that I'd like to avoid, as does 8.2-RELEASE. Recommendations? > > It's here already: > > maggot:~:% uname -a > FreeBSD maggot.black-earth.co.uk 9.0-RC2 FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 #1: Sat Nov 12 > 01:06:59 GMT 2011 > root@maggot.black-earth.co.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MAGGOT amd64 > > Don't know about iso images or the like: this was upgraded from -RC1 by > compiling sources. > Don't know why you would go with 9.0 on a new server but ok. It's not that hard to build up your own ISO via the process laid out in the docs. make realease is pretty nice. Tweak as neccesary... #!/bin/sh trap 'exit 1' 2 VERSION=8.1-STABLE BRANCH="stable/8" SVNVER=$(svnversion /usr/src) RELNAME=${VERSION}-r${SVNVER} THISBUILD=${RELNAME} ;export THISBUILD MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj/RELEASE ;export MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX KERNELS=SH4500 ;export KERNELS NUMCPUS=$(($(sysctl -n kern.smp.cpus)*2+(8))) cd /usr/src/release nice make release CHROOTDIR=/usr/obj/RELEASE BUILDNAME=${THISBUILD} \ SVNROOT=file:///exports/nsvn SVNBRANCH=${BRANCH} EXTSRCDIR=/usr/src \ NOPORTS=YES NODOCS=YES EXTPORTSDIR=/usr/ports EXTDOCDIR=/usr/doc \ MAKE_ISOS=YES