From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 26 08:09:04 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99F72106566C for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:09:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from legolas@legolasweb.nl) Received: from smtp02.mail.pcextreme.nl (smtp02.mail.pcextreme.nl [IPv6:2a00:f10:101:101:0:25:587:2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 336478FC14 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:09:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (webmail01.mail.pcextreme.nl [109.72.87.145]) by smtp02.mail.pcextreme.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FFA1DEB9C for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:09:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from webmail.pcextreme.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA9D344007A for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:09:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 83.87.233.15 (SquirrelMail authenticated user legolas@legolasweb.nl) by webmail.pcextreme.nl with HTTP; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:09:03 +0200 Message-ID: <9fefbda9bf6d16437fc7ad6c5445fe12.squirrel@webmail.pcextreme.nl> In-Reply-To: <4EA7BBF9.3@gmail.com> References: <4EA721A7.8050905@gmail.com> <20111026031202.2a8780f9@davenulle.org> <4fc99dc86557581cab3484babb368572.squirrel@webmail.pcextreme.nl> <4EA7BBF9.3@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:09:03 +0200 From: legolas@legolasweb.nl To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.21 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Re: Some questions about jails on FreeBSD9.0-RC1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:09:04 -0000 > On 10/26/2011 08:09 AM, legolas@legolasweb.nl wrote: >> >>>> I have setup one jail using ezjail. My first surprise is that >>>> ezjail only installs -RELEASE versions and not RC versions. Ok, I >>>> supouse that it is normal. But my first question is: can I install a >>>> FreeBSD 8.2 jail under a FreeBSD 9.0 host?? >> >> I have upgraded my ezjails using something like: >> env UNAME_r="8.2-RELEASE" freebsd-update -b /usr/jails/basejail -r >> 9.0-RC1 >> upgrade install >> >> This is some hassle, for example, one has to upgrade /etc and /var in >> /usr/jails/newjail by hand. (And maybe even more, not completely sure >> there.) >> > > is not possible to update the jail using "ejzail-admin update -u" > instead of use freebsd-update directly?? > Updating can be done, upgrading not. (Thus, a security update can be done, a full version not, if I understand it correctly.) This functionality exists (prematurely) in CVS: https://erdgeist.org/cvsweb/ezjail/ezjail-admin.diff?r1=1.263&r2=1.264&f=h