From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 06:13:27 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 2DB9D16A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 06:13:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (bay8-f113.bay8.hotmail.com [64.4.27.113]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB10943D60 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 06:13:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lee_ver_mx@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 06:13:25 -0800 Received: from 200.79.7.3 by by8fd.bay8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:13:25 GMT X-Originating-IP: [200.79.7.3] X-Originating-Email: [lee_ver_mx@hotmail.com] X-Sender: lee_ver_mx@hotmail.com From: "Lee Mx" To: listsub@401.cx, duanewinner@att.net Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 06:13:25 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Jan 2004 14:13:25.0798 (UTC) FILETIME=[BDC33460:01C3DB71] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do YOU stay up to date? 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: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:13:27 -0000 >From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" >To: duanewinner@att.net >CC: freebsd-questions >Subject: Re: How do YOU stay up to date? >Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:34:45 +0100 > >Duane Winner wrote: > >>Hello all again, >> >>I'm finally getting my arms around FreeBSD and the updating processes >>and tools. But I'm still trying to come up with good >>habits/methods/instructions for updating routines for both myself and my >>colleagues who also want to switch to FreeBSD. >> >>I now understand how to use cvsup to keep my src and ports tree current. >>I know how to use pkg_add -r to install new sotware, or go into >>/usr/ports/whatever to make install. I know how to do portupgrade to >>upgrade my installed ports, how to pkg_version -v to see what's out of >>date with my tree, and how to cronjob cvsup to keep my trees current. (I >>still need to play more with make world and whatnot) >> >>But what do you all out there in BSD land do to stay current as a >>practice? I'm looking at this on two fronts: FreeBSD on our laptops >>(There will be at least 3 of us with T23's, and I also plan on migrating >>most, if not all of my servers from Linux to FreeBSD). > >If you have the resources, you should consider using a dedicated machine >for compiling. >With ~10 laptops, a bunch of workstations and about 20-25 servers running >FreeBSD we use 2 dedicated machines that does nothing but download sources >and compiles them. One is tracking 4.x-STABLE and the other 5.x-RELEASE. >Anyone can nfs mount choosen directories from these machines and install >the pre-compiled software. >It works extremely well, once the users have learned the correct process. I'm doing something very similar with a dedicated server and for ports I do a daily upgrade with portupgrade -Rruap to upgrade and build a package that the users can then install because I have some very slow machines that would take days to build some of the larger ports and by just having the server's /usr/ports nfs mounted on their machines they can upgrade quickly by just using the -P option to portupgrade. I'm not sure if that is the best way to do it but it has worked well for me for sometime. Good luck, _________________________________________________________________ There are now three new levels of MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! Learn more. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1