From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 19 22:53:48 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E22B16A4CE for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:53:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-03.rdc-nyc.rr.com (ms-smtp-03-smtplb.rdc-nyc.rr.com [24.29.109.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D599943D1D for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:53:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottro@scottro.net) Received: from mail.scottro.net (cpe-68-175-68-211.nyc.res.rr.com [68.175.68.211])j3JMrgGi012031 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:53:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail.scottro.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 868EA6157; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:53:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:53:42 -0400 From: Scott Robbins To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050419225342.GA23215@mail.scottro.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <426447F8.5090209@charter.net> <200504191317.j3JDH76H001458@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net> <20050419120053.6ad17df1.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20050419.163254.41695972.imp@bsdimp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050419.163254.41695972.imp@bsdimp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: Newbie Question About System Update X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:53:48 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 04:32:54PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > (I don't think this original quote is Warner's, but I lost the poster's name somewhere) > > That being said, I quite often do installworld on running systems because I > > have no way to go to single-user mode. It almost always works well enough > > for my purposes, but I don't want anyone to think that it's "OK" to do this, > > as it's not guaranteed to work, and will most likely result in some programs > > not being updated (such as the examples in the previous paragraphs). > > It usually works well enough most of the time. I do it all the time > on my development machines. The problem is "well enough" and "most of > the time." > > Warner This is why, as I said, I test it on a sacrificial box--that box has almost identical hardware to the remote servers. I'm fortunate to have that setup though. - -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Anya: Listen, I have this little project I'm working on, and I heard you were the person to ask if... Willow: Yeah, that's me. Reliable dog-geyser-person. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCZYv2+lTVdes0Z9YRAu4XAKCWnpuYcpup0sAJLq0jwMBdsjyfRwCfatUE loSv7s/m8GWjVujZ++XIcQo= =oMwG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----