From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 6 03:34:11 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 A4BF4106568F for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2008 03:34:11 +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 42E208FC08 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2008 03:34:11 +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-MH-MR001.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-4.01 (built Aug 3 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0K8A003QLSKY1YH0@VL-MH-MR001.ip.videotron.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:34:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-id: <48E98751.10605@optiksecurite.com> Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:34:41 -0400 From: FreeBSD User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) To: matt donovan References: <48E8F253.6010206@optiksecurite.com> <28283d910810051047i30de4c4bsd1e8526474009c40@mail.gmail.com> <48E91947.4080204@optiksecurite.com> In-reply-to: <48E91947.4080204@optiksecurite.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: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:34:11 -0000 FreeBSD a écrit : > 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 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