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Date:      Mon, 21 May 2018 13:00:40 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 228397] freebsd-update: painfully slow on upgrades between major versions
Message-ID:  <bug-228397-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 228397
           Summary: freebsd-update: painfully slow on upgrades between
                    major versions
           Product: Base System
           Version: 11.1-RELEASE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: vermaden@interia.pl

Hi,

upgrade from up-to-date FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE-p10 to FreeBSD 11.2-BETA2 takes
forever ...

It took several hours ro fetch 45000+ (!) patches, then several hours to
install them and now several hours to finish the installation after the reb=
oot
... and this is on a SSD drive ... imagine the same process on CLASS 4 SD c=
ard
with Raspberry Pi 2 ... ages.

IMHO current 'patches' approach is good for security updates (from p8 to p9=
 for
example) but its not suited for large upgrades like major version change.

IMHO HardenedBSD approach is better here (and magnitudes faster) with fetch=
ing
the whole new image and merging the differences.

If it would be me I would left current 'patches method' for minor updated
(between pX versions) and would import the HardenedBSD 'way' for major upgr=
ades
like from 11.1-RELEASE to 11.2-RELEASE.


Regards,
vermaden

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