Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:34:41 -0400 From: FreeBSD <freebsd@optiksecurite.com> To: matt donovan <kitchetech@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd-update with a custom kernel and jails Message-ID: <48E98751.10605@optiksecurite.com> In-Reply-To: <48E91947.4080204@optiksecurite.com> References: <48E8F253.6010206@optiksecurite.com> <28283d910810051047i30de4c4bsd1e8526474009c40@mail.gmail.com> <48E91947.4080204@optiksecurite.com>
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FreeBSD a écrit : > matt donovan a écrit : >> On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 12:58 PM, FreeBSD <freebsd@optiksecurite.com> >> 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 Another question just came to my head: May I update the src before compiling my custom kernel or should I keep the original src that shipped with the release to be able to use freebsd-update? Thank you very much for your help! Martin
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