From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 00:44:48 2004 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 4CD9316A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:44:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from rambo.401.cx (rambo.401.cx [80.65.205.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBBB243D68 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:44:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from listsub@401.cx) Received: from 401.cx (132.dairy.twenty4help.se [80.65.195.132]) by rambo.401.cx (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0G8iUCT075526; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:44:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from listsub@401.cx) Message-ID: <4007A469.7030207@401.cx> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:44:25 +0100 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031205 Thunderbird/0.4 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Drew Tomlinson References: <1074139882.5205.28.camel@closetotheedge> <40066CC5.8010302@401.cx> <400731FC.2060701@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <400731FC.2060701@mykitchentable.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: duanewinner@att.net cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: How do YOU stay up to date? 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: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:44:48 -0000 Drew Tomlinson wrote: > Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg told a big fish story including the following > on 1/15/2004 2:34 AM: > >> Duane Winner wrote: >> >>> Hello all again, >>> >>> I'm finally getting my arms around FreeBSD and the updating processes >>> and tools. But I'm still trying to come up with good >>> habits/methods/instructions for updating routines for both myself and my >>> colleagues who also want to switch to FreeBSD. >>> >>> I now understand how to use cvsup to keep my src and ports tree current. >>> I know how to use pkg_add -r to install new sotware, or go into >>> /usr/ports/whatever to make install. I know how to do portupgrade to >>> upgrade my installed ports, how to pkg_version -v to see what's out of >>> date with my tree, and how to cronjob cvsup to keep my trees current. (I >>> still need to play more with make world and whatnot) >>> >>> But what do you all out there in BSD land do to stay current as a >>> practice? I'm looking at this on two fronts: FreeBSD on our laptops >>> (There will be at least 3 of us with T23's, and I also plan on migrating >>> most, if not all of my servers from Linux to FreeBSD). >> >> >> >> If you have the resources, you should consider using a dedicated >> machine for compiling. >> With ~10 laptops, a bunch of workstations and about 20-25 servers >> running FreeBSD we use 2 dedicated machines that does nothing but >> download sources and compiles them. One is tracking 4.x-STABLE and the >> other 5.x-RELEASE. Anyone can nfs mount choosen directories from these >> machines and install the pre-compiled software. >> It works extremely well, once the users have learned the correct process. > > > I've been contemplating this setup. I know I can use portupgrade to > build packages and then just install packages on other machines but > don't understand the details. Is it difficult to set up? Can you point > me to a web tutorial? > > Thanks, > > Drew http://bsdvault.net/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=53 Its very basic, but it should get you started. -- R