From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 3 01:05:20 2003 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 1873937B404 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 01:05:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp06.wxs.nl (smtp06.wxs.nl [195.121.6.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF8854401A for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 01:05:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from akruijff@www.kruijff.org) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp06.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HHF009L9VQ1LY@smtp06.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2003 10:03:38 +0200 (MEST) Received: from Intranet.lan (akruijff@localhost [127.0.0.1]) h6385G4r059456;akruijff@Intranet.lan) Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Intranet.lan (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id h6385GjM059455; Thu, 03 Jul 2003 10:05:16 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 10:05:16 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <20030703080321.GC57410@dds.nl> To: Alex de Kruijff Message-id: <20030703080516.GD57410@dds.nl> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Boundary_(ID_RTpEoDFPPR8eSUd5Soi+nw)" User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i References: <20030702233852.44521.qmail@web40607.mail.yahoo.com> <20030703080321.GC57410@dds.nl> X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: Gary Singleton cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Staying up to date - easy way? 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, 03 Jul 2003 08:05:20 -0000 --Boundary_(ID_RTpEoDFPPR8eSUd5Soi+nw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 10:03:21AM +0200, Alex de Kruijff wrote: > On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 04:38:52PM -0700, Gary Singleton wrote: > > Here's my question. Is there a simple way to stay up to date with > > FreeBSD? The install was great! But the whole CVSup, rebuild thing > > seems a little much to do for just security updates. Is it just a huge > > thing the first time you do it and get smaller / faster after that or > > am I just completely missing something else. Could I make a refuse > > file and refuse everything except what I need? Am I clueless? > > > There usaly are binairies updates when a security update is repored > comes availble. Usaly the website despribes a way to install them. > Make sure that you are on the rigth mailinglists. (www.freebsd.org; i > can't give you the exact link, since i am in a somewhat limet > enverioment right now. > > The proces you desribe takes a couple of hours and is compicated to > do the first time. After that it easy. The /etc/make.conf file allow > you control over the build process. This includes some controle about > what not to build. > > A build proces normaly looks like this: > mergemaster -p > make buildworld; make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC > > This all can run in the background. After that, and there are no > errors, you can get the machine in single user mode and install it with: > make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC > check for errors > make installworld > mergemaster > reboot > > It looks more compicated than it is, realy. I usaly run the build pard > on the backgound with the commands: > idprio 30 make buildworld; idprio 30 make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC & > > This effectivly makes it give preference to all other processes as much > as posible. I also written a script for my self to make this process > easier for my self. I included it as an atachement. Its smart not to use > this for the first time you build the world in order to get a feeling > for the proces. Oesp here's the atachement. Alex --Boundary_(ID_RTpEoDFPPR8eSUd5Soi+nw)--