Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:47:32 -0400 From: "matt donovan" <kitchetech@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd@optiksecurite.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd-update with a custom kernel and jails Message-ID: <28283d910810051047i30de4c4bsd1e8526474009c40@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48E8F253.6010206@optiksecurite.com> References: <48E8F253.6010206@optiksecurite.com>
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On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 12:58 PM, FreeBSD <freebsd@optiksecurite.com> wrote: > > There is my situation: > I want to be able to use freebsd-update to update a FreeBSD 7.0-Release > installation to the latest security patches (I want an update and not an > upgrade if I understand correctly). Where this gets more complicated is that > I need a custom kernel (for ULE, pf and ALTQ while also disabling some > devices I'll never need) and I want to use jails to isolate every services > (Apache and MySQL by now). > > So, I read at some places that you can't use freebsd-update with a custom > kernel, but I'm not sure if this apply only in the case of an upgrade > between release or if I'll need to manually recompile the kernel with every > use of freebsd-update. > > I also read that it's possible to update the jails from the host system > with the -b flag. In this case, I supposed that I need to update the host > system before the jail, but is the procedure going to be exactly the same? > > yes all you need to do is freebsd-update fetch install your kernel won't be > updated but your userland will >
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