Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:59:09 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> Cc: Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral Message-ID: <3B4B345D.187202B@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10107100459170.67797-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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Jamie Bowden wrote: > You're expecting the whole world to keep the source tree on disk and > recompile the OS. Once I've done this, I cannot regress. This is > unrealistic in production environments. I can update Irix without > shutting down, and a single reboot at the end to load the new kernel. > > Everything is tracked via inst/swmgr, any part can be upgraded or > downgraded as necessary, including dependancies. In a production environment, the "downgraded" part is oftem the most critical of the two, since "upgrades" often aren't, and being able to "undo" one that is more trouble than it's worth is often worth the entire price of the system, when you are up against a wall. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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