Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:28:27 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: rsync vs installworld Message-ID: <20031018.192827.118920091.imp@bsdimp.com>
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I'm contemplating a binary distribution system for some systems that I have. I'm ignoring kernel updates for the moment, and concentrating on userland deployment. I'm thinking of doing something like: make buildworld make installworld DESTDIR=/big/disk/freebsd/image make mergemaster -D /big/disk/freebsd/mergemaster And then on each machine I want to update I'd do something like: sudo rsync --exclude etc --exclude usr/local --exclude boot \ --delete -av host-server:/big/disk/freebsd/image / sudo rm -rf /tmp/mergemaster sudo scp host-server:/big/disk/freebsd/mergemaster /tmp/mergemaster sudo mergemaster -someargs My question is: has anybody else tried this? If so, what bumps along the way are there going to be? Warner
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