From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 4 15:05:55 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 362F4E4D; Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:05:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F09616FC; Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:05:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s14F5sGs013092; Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:05:54 GMT (envelope-from dru@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from dru@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s14F5sxb013091; Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:05:54 GMT (envelope-from dru@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201402041505.s14F5sxb013091@svn.freebsd.org> From: Dru Lavigne Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:05:54 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r43759 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 15:05:55 -0000 Author: dru Date: Tue Feb 4 15:05:54 2014 New Revision: 43759 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43759 Log: White space fix only. 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Sponsored by: iXsystems Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml Tue Feb 4 14:56:36 2014 (r43758) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml Tue Feb 4 15:05:54 2014 (r43759) @@ -160,74 +160,71 @@ updating-upgrading - Applying security patches in a timely manner and - upgrading to a newer release of - an operating system are important aspects of - ongoing system administration. - &os; includes a utility + Applying security patches in a timely manner and upgrading + to a newer release of an operating system are important aspects + of ongoing system administration. &os; includes a utility called freebsd-update which can be used to - perform both these tasks. + perform both these tasks. + + This utility supports binary security and errata updates to + &os;, without the need to manually compile and install the patch + or a new kernel. Binary updates are available for all + architectures and releases currently supported by the security + team. The list of supported releases and their estimated + end-of-life dates are listed at http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/. + + This utility also supports operating system upgrades to + minor point releases as well as upgrades to another release + branch. Before upgrading to a new release, review its release + announcement as it contains important information pertinent to + the release. Release announcements are available from http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/. + + + If a crontab utilizing the features + of &man.freebsd-update.8; exists, it must be disabled before + upgrading the operating system. + - This utility supports binary - security and errata updates to &os;, - without the need to manually compile and install the patch or a - new kernel. Binary updates are available for all architectures and - releases currently supported by the security team. The list of - supported releases and their estimated end-of-life dates are listed at http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/. - - This utility also supports operating system upgrades to minor point - releases as well as upgrades to another release branch. Before - upgrading to a new release, review its release announcement - as it contains important information pertinent to the - release. Release announcements are available from http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/. - - - If a crontab utilizing the features - of &man.freebsd-update.8; exists, it must be - disabled before upgrading the operating system. - - This section describes the configuration file used by - freebsd-update, demonstrates how to - apply a security patch and how to upgrade to a minor or major - operating system release, and discusses some of the considerations - when upgrading the operating system. + freebsd-update, demonstrates how to apply a + security patch and how to upgrade to a minor or major operating + system release, and discusses some of the considerations when + upgrading the operating system. The Configuration File The default configuration file for - freebsd-update works as-is. Some users may wish to tweak the default configuration - in /etc/freebsd-update.conf, allowing - better control of the process. The comments in this file explain the available options, - but the following may require a bit more - explanation: + freebsd-update works as-is. Some users may + wish to tweak the default configuration in + /etc/freebsd-update.conf, allowing + better control of the process. The comments in this file + explain the available options, but the following may require a + bit more explanation: # Components of the base system which should be kept updated. Components world kernel This parameter controls which parts of &os; will be kept - up-to-date. The default is to update the - entire base system and the kernel. Individual components can - instead be specified, such as - src/base or - src/sys. However, the best option is to leave this at the default as - changing it to include specific items requires - every needed item to be listed. Over time, this could have disastrous - consequences as source code and binaries may become out of - sync. + up-to-date. The default is to update the entire base system + and the kernel. Individual components can instead be + specified, such as src/base or + src/sys. However, the best option is to + leave this at the default as changing it to include specific + items requires every needed item to be listed. Over time, + this could have disastrous consequences as source code and + binaries may become out of sync. # Paths which start with anything matching an entry in an IgnorePaths # statement will be ignored. IgnorePaths /boot/kernel/linker.hints To leave specified directories, such as - /bin or - /sbin, untouched during - the update process, add their paths to this statement. This - option may be used to prevent + /bin or /sbin, + untouched during the update process, add their paths to this + statement. This option may be used to prevent freebsd-update from overwriting local modifications.