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Date:      Mon, 19 Aug 2002 22:04:46 +0400 (MSD)
From:      Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>
To:        Igor Roshchin <str@giganda.komkon.org>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sysinstall as a tool with -RELEASE
Message-ID:  <20020819220331.T1495-100000@woozle.rinet.ru>
In-Reply-To: <200208191744.g7JHil565944@giganda.komkon.org>

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On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Igor Roshchin wrote:

IR> Some long time ago I was asking this question (from a different point of
IR> view), but didn't find a clear answer.
IR>
IR> If one wants to do a binary upgrade of the system remotely, without
IR> physical access to the computer, the only option to do that via
IR> sysinstall is to download ../src/release/sysinstall, compile it and
IR> then use it.
IR> (Since one cannot insert a floppy/CD/ .. remotely)
IR> Yes, I know, it is dangerous, etc. etc., but many people do that anyway,
IR> such is real life... (Dear purists, no reason to worry, I know it)
IR>
IR> It would be nice to have the sysinstall with the -RELEASE, say in tools.
IR>
IR> So, is there any reason besides protecting some people from harming
IR> themselves accidentally ?

I suppose you can

cd /usr/src/release/sysinstall
make obj all install clean

and get what you want

(surely, if you didn't miss to cvsup release part of the sources ;-)

Sincerely,
D.Marck                                   [DM5020, DM268-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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