From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jul 9 21:08:54 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82AF99974AB for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2015 21:08:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: from mail-lb0-f179.google.com (mail-lb0-f179.google.com [209.85.217.179]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 11A381C94 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2015 21:08:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: by lbbpo10 with SMTP id po10so81999242lbb.3 for ; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 14:08:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=KhR8wLkgUxusu1QrVEH4yGnLXgF7VfhvyF0XLSfTZS0=; b=JB7/lEUnmE5VByB+fsw7rsPE/nFQLOW2+GmZEMLaW1zJ3Vt4VwBpxXuyOda6ZQL4pr Zav//4JsaOpNyP9/4aAdgWHZGWsBdDbXfR1WckB8au2gHKbdFONPrSjh3OperCchDW8Q mnXF49hR6jNrU0ua0Cewc2NGUOBqFjEf/Cn8E5aZpNrdPuolQXQwT44NmViW2aShjB8s vdwVCKzrJJ1Gh+SIVnhc4TdCGWeImHHfP1r5WwH/znsTEkTqxeUBOvbylrHhG7NXr9hQ PzfTbNjvCCT25dSjUpqFf+mFINcwuL7yudGKeGEYkz6F9iEUOMzFOIUr7o0LencheVBU Yj3w== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmrzjzD1xZf08e/lLwheUQW6CMJGplpYV9AfcssVpjal90YIYRIApMDXbLgKRE9AsF2pEVQ MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.168.165 with SMTP id zx5mr16366331lbb.111.1436475690312; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 14:01:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.152.4.194 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Jul 2015 14:01:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [108.217.243.25] In-Reply-To: <559ED47E.8050905@hiwaay.net> References: <559C6B73.8050509@sneakertech.com> <559EA8B8.8080701@sneakertech.com> <559ED47E.8050905@hiwaay.net> Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 14:01:30 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Questions about freebsd-update From: "Brian W." To: "William A. Mahaffey III" Cc: FreeBSD questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 21:08:54 -0000 Looking at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html I see the below. @daily root freebsd-update cron If patches exist, they will automatically be downloaded but will not be applied. The root user will be sent an email so that the patches may be reviewed and manually installed with freebsd-update install. On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 1:06 PM, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > On 07/09/15 12:06, Quartz wrote: > >> So... does anyone have any ideas here? Is any of this even possible? >> >> >> On 2015-07-07 8:14 PM, Quartz wrote: >> >>> Have a couple odd situations I need to work around. I'm wondering if >>> anyone can help me answer the following questions about updating: >>> >>> 1) How do I get a list of available updates for a system WITHOUT >>> actually downloading anything or writing any files to disk? >>> >> > I would like to see this as well :-) .... > > >>> 2) How do I get freebsd-update to install only specific patches or >>> updates instead of everything? >>> >> > Given the integration of base system packages & kernel, I don't think you > would want to do this. This actually sounds kinda .... dare I say it (?) > .... *linuxy* .... ick > > >>> 3) How do I (or even can I) manually download patches onto a usb drive >>> and then install them onto a machine that has no internet connection? >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > > -- > > William A. Mahaffey III > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war > ever devised by man." > -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >