From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 7 11:53:43 2007 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 44C4316A418 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:53:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10C2513C46A for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:53:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 07 Sep 2007 07:53:47 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.8.3-GA) with ESMTP id NTE84076; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 07:53:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 65-78-26-179.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([65.78.26.179]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 07 Sep 2007 07:53:42 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18145.15301.205386.889566@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 07:53:41 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20070907014230.K45407@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <20070907014230.K45407@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Subject: Re: Newbie questions about updating 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: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:53:43 -0000 Lars Eighner writes: > > assumption that one must run two cvsup operations with two separate > > supfiles to update both the core OS and the ports. Am I understanding > > this correctly? [deletia] > Many people do it it two operations because they really are two > different things. Another reason is to (theoretically) limit possible damage is things Go Horribly Wrong and make the post-mortem easier. I have a cron job that updates the base OS, the docs (a separate entity), and the ports every night at midnight. Once it connects, the update take less than five minutes. (Except for rare occasions.) Aside from bugs introduced by my attempts to improve the script, this has run without porblem for years. Robert Huff