Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:28:49 -0400 From: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Questions about freebsd-update Message-ID: <559F2DE1.3010708@sneakertech.com> In-Reply-To: <559F2A4C.7070509@sneakertech.com> References: <559C6B73.8050509@sneakertech.com> <559EA8B8.8080701@sneakertech.com> <559ED47E.8050905@hiwaay.net> <559F25F8.1030508@sneakertech.com> <20150710040626.6cdf28d2.freebsd@edvax.de> <559F2A4C.7070509@sneakertech.com>
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>>> The main rationale here is that updates can occasionally cause behavior >>> changes which can negatively interact with 3rd party software. >> >> This is correct, but so can selectively applying updates... > > FWIW, I'm not really too concerned with the ability to apply patches > piecemeal. Applying them all in order is fine as long as it's one at a > time. Although my last email used the example 'freebsd-update install > patch_file', some flavor of 'freebsd-update install > specific_date_or_revision' would work too for this case. I guess part of it is that I'm slightly paranoid about patches against freebsd-update itself, and don't entirely trust it to apply those as early as possible.
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