Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 15:07:00 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "Mike" <mike@sixpak.net>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Ryan" <rnera@optushome.com.au>, "Michael J. Turner" <mike@inethouston.net> Subject: Re: Frustrated but trying again Message-ID: <013d01c08755$d1d45f60$847e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <007c01c08754$3eb92ea0$020aa8c0@sixpak.net>
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I've only just started messing with CVS & firewalls after nearly two years of FreeBSD .... got it updating ports & source but from what I've seen to date I'd rate the whole CVS bit as useless. Broken ports (yes there are a heap of them) are still broken even after several weeks of updates. Its probably simpler to just buy (or download the ISO) & replace the o/s every major version. At least kernel compiles are a lot more straightforward than those stupid thousand line disasters common to linux & they don't usually result in 987,000 error messages before crashing in a smouldering heap either. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <mike@sixpak.net> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Ryan" <rnera@optushome.com.au>; "Michael J. Turner" <mike@inethouston.net>; "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 2:55 PM Subject: Frustrated but trying again > First I want to say a heart-felt Thank You to Ryan, Mike, and Doug. Between > the three of you guys and your various comments and humor - I'm making the > leap again. > > This system needs to make the leap of replacing my current linux server > which runs sendmail and pop, dns for a couple of domains, apache with php3, > and of course a firewall. With your help and input - I hope to transform > this box into exactly that replacement and document the entire process. > Perhaps this will help some folks as well. > > Step #1 - www.freebsddiary.com has an unbelievable amount of information. > People had referred me to it previously, but I would look at the first page, > see some articles, and that was it. Holy Shit, I never clicked on "Index". > I had no idea all that info was available. > > Step #2 - I just did a reinstall (via ftp) of 4.2-RELEASE > > Step #3 - I'm getting some sleep and hitting this hard tomorrow morning > > Step #4 - I'm installing bash. I like bash, ALOT. It's 10x better than > csh. Besides, it easy :) > > Step #5 - I dunno??? Do I create the CVS thingie and update the sources? Do > I recompile my kernel in preparation for natd and firewall? What do YOU > recommend? > > So I don't scare you away - I don't need hand holding and step by step > instructions. But occasionally things get buggy and I need a step in the > right direction. Is this corn-balled or is this a decent idea? I can end > up posting everything on a website or submit it all to diary as we progress. > > Mike > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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