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Date:      Thu, 26 Jul 2001 03:09:25 -0700
From:      Markus =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hallstr=F6m?= <tubbs@home.se>
To:        Nuno Teixeira <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Updating security fixes without single user mode?
Message-ID:  <5.0.2.1.2.20010726030631.04de4ec0@students.su.se>
In-Reply-To: <20010726015730.F5227@gateway.bogus>

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At 01:57 2001-07-26 +0100, Nuno Teixeira wrote:
>Hello to all,
>
>At my workstation I'm tracking STABLE with no problems.
>
>At my server I just want to update the system with security fixes, etc.
>
>My question is:
>
>Tracking RELEASE_4_3 (for a RELEASE 4.3 system) is a good option, but 
>after makeworld and makekernel, I need to
>go into single user mode and make installworld and mergemaster.
>
>The problem is that my server is at US and I live in Portugal! So, it's 
>impossible to run
>the system in single user mode.
>
>What is the best way of maintain the system updated without single user mode?
>
>Patches? Packages?
>
>Thanks in advance,

You can always be a daredevil and make installworld and run mergemaster in 
multiusermode, It usually works for me ;-)

/TUBBS



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