From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 23 10:32:54 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1A0E106566B; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:32:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) Received: from gilb.zs64.net (gilb.zs64.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f0b:105e::1ea]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A24418FC08; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:32:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gilb.zs64.net (Postfix, from stb@lassitu.de) id 6D041DF11D; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:32:53 +0200 (CEST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: Stefan Bethke In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:32:52 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20110918045413.GA63773@DataIX.net> <20110918053901.GA31617@icarus.home.lan> <86d3eydsmf.fsf@kopusha.home.net> <20111008002707.GA76128@swelter.hanley.stade.co.uk> <20111012222535.GB79291@swelter.hanley.stade.co.uk> <20111014120336.GB31718@stack.nl> <08C7028B-10E1-4855-B007-D2257216F077@lassitu.de> To: Chris Rees X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org List" Subject: Running portupgrade from cron (was: /usr/bin/script eating 100% cpu with portupgrade and xargs) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:32:55 -0000 Am 23.10.2011 um 08:47 schrieb Chris Rees: > Worst of all, you're running portupgrade from cron without reading = UPDATING, > which is just asking for trouble. What specifically is your concern here? I've been running portupgrade from cron for six years on a multitude of = systems with great success. Yes, occasionally, things break, and = reading UPDATING becomes a necessity, but I much prefer the nightly = upgrade to running portupgrade by hand less frequently, especially when = you have to do it on 20 or more machines. Note that most of these boxes have very limited SLAs, and dealing with = the occasional breakage is much less work than regular manual = maintainance. I decided to do this after I got bitten one too many times trying to = upgrade ports after three to four months, and getting stuck in all kinds = of bad dependencies. Daily upgrades usually means that I catch every = single update by itself, so complex interdependencies are exactly what = the committer tested. Stefan --=20 Stefan Bethke Fon +49 151 14070811