Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:52:04 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: rank1seeker@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Garrett Cooper <gcooper@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unhappy with cross-worlding Message-ID: <86fwv0968r.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20101116.135453.625.1@DEV> (rank1seeker@gmail.com's message of "Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:54:53 %2B0100") References: <4CA4C63F.4070503@icyb.net.ua> <20101116.022422.921.1@DEV> <AANLkTikj5fmg08Vy-SfA-Hax2XwtJCKpRAWmVEytWghL@mail.gmail.com> <4CE22182.7090008@freebsd.org> <86sjz18v5p.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20101116.135453.625.1@DEV>
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rank1seeker@gmail.com writes: > After I've created, bootable binary USB amd64 on i386, I wanted do a=20 > freebsd-update, on memstick, via '-b' flag, to avoid doing it later. > > Conclusion: > Don't use '-b' at all, as it fetches updates for LOCAL running OS > (i386) Well, yes. That's what it's for. It was never meant for cross- upgrades. You can fool it by setting the correct UNAME_* envars, though, if you know what you're doing, but that's not how it's intended to be used. > This cross-worlding is a total mess! > Nothing works. Nothing that you've tried works because everything you tried was wrong. You can't just make something up and expect it to work because you want it to work. Read the documentation and use the proper tool for the proper job. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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