From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 5 17:47:34 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 CA3FC10656A5 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:47:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kitchetech@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F55D8FC4A for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:47:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kitchetech@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so1611399fgb.35 for ; Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:47:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=3YUWj3qR1iNrhuvXCWkYvN+ykPgldzxiisjBYxp7KOw=; b=RY/RgTIZXmfRE5LZzTzNiC8jlR1ac9kahdnQTE9p6G0KmmPo9OCiu6O8ISNSLLG5nO 8eub2+oXeGhoI6Fy5lY581ws3fgbAqqoBurYy4dkZLTOXEf7qlev5b7DK1d1qoPXxf77 LoXglfBfb6EXjh6mknckSh6W0K2NSEKBvKk9U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=eob0rkWxWM1sMFHCVLudrH0ngBr+tfnkUqwofPSfcEhGPGOjSe+03DrhmXZwTI5MU/ hZU2Qria8yw4IBHPVeLuDUEYY3SeBqqoLCo6BsXoxnZcyyVgVDJiS7DJoAq7zUVOh6PX 0vx/Jbj/BBr5/EqGbUrMo2EA1c2NbhQ5dZem8= Received: by 10.86.83.2 with SMTP id g2mr3610944fgb.54.1223228853040; Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:47:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.78.7 with HTTP; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 10:47:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <28283d910810051047i30de4c4bsd1e8526474009c40@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:47:32 -0400 From: "matt donovan" To: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <48E8F253.6010206@optiksecurite.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <48E8F253.6010206@optiksecurite.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd-update with a custom kernel and jails 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: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:47:34 -0000 On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 12:58 PM, FreeBSD 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 >