Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:54:00 +0200 (CEST) From: "Janusz Mucka (Defacto)" <gdef@cvd.pl> To: Markus =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hallstr=F6m?= <tubbs@home.se> Cc: Nuno Teixeira <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Updating security fixes without single user mode? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0107261550320.80136-100000@cvd.pl> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010726030631.04de4ec0@students.su.se>
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Markus [iso-8859-1] Hallstr=F6m wrote: > 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 i= n > multiusermode, It usually works for me ;-) > > /TUBBS > > Look at this: /usr/src/Makefile # buildworld - Rebuild *everything*, including glue to help do # upgrades. # installworld - Install everything built by "buildworld". # world - buildworld + installworld. make world =3D make buildworld + make installworld Defacto To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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