From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 5 19:44:41 2008 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 C96BE1065690 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:44:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@optiksecurite.com) Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E5698FC15 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:44:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@optiksecurite.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Received: from [192.168.10.103] ([74.56.107.65]) by VL-MO-MR005.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-4.01 (built Aug 3 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0K8A001UV6TGOQ00@VL-MO-MR005.ip.videotron.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:44:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-id: <48E91947.4080204@optiksecurite.com> Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:45:11 -0400 From: FreeBSD User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) To: matt donovan References: <48E8F253.6010206@optiksecurite.com> <28283d910810051047i30de4c4bsd1e8526474009c40@mail.gmail.com> In-reply-to: <28283d910810051047i30de4c4bsd1e8526474009c40@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd-update with a custom kernel and jails 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: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:44:41 -0000 matt donovan a écrit : > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 12:58 PM, FreeBSD wrote: > > >> There is my situation: >> I want to be able to use freebsd-update to update a FreeBSD 7.0-Release >> installation to the latest security patches (I want an update and not an >> upgrade if I understand correctly). Where this gets more complicated is that >> I need a custom kernel (for ULE, pf and ALTQ while also disabling some >> devices I'll never need) and I want to use jails to isolate every services >> (Apache and MySQL by now). >> >> So, I read at some places that you can't use freebsd-update with a custom >> kernel, but I'm not sure if this apply only in the case of an upgrade >> between release or if I'll need to manually recompile the kernel with every >> use of freebsd-update. >> >> I also read that it's possible to update the jails from the host system >> with the -b flag. In this case, I supposed that I need to update the host >> system before the jail, but is the procedure going to be exactly the same? >> >> yes all you need to do is freebsd-update fetch install your kernel won't be >> updated but your userland will >> >> So it is right to say that the custom kernel "problem" applies only when upgrading to a newer release? All I have to do is 'freebsd-update fetch install' to update the base system then 'freebsd-update -b /usr/jail/jail_name fetch install' to update the jails? I hope so because it would be very impressing :) Martin