From owner-freebsd-stable  Sat Apr 19 15:17:32 1997
Return-Path: <owner-stable>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA18598
          for stable-outgoing; Sat, 19 Apr 1997 15:17:32 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from cerberus.partsnow.com (gatekeeper.partsnow.com [207.155.26.98])
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA18593
          for <stable@freebsd.org>; Sat, 19 Apr 1997 15:17:28 -0700 (PDT)
Received: (from don@localhost) by cerberus.partsnow.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) id PAA00640; Sat, 19 Apr 1997 15:17:29 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 15:17:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Don Wilde <don@PartsNow.com>
To: Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com>
cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, stable@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: stable gotta be stable!
In-Reply-To: <199704192210.PAA02616@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970419151359.631A-100000@cerberus.partsnow.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Sender: owner-stable@freebsd.org
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk


> 
> In my case, the CD's are pretty useless, and I really don't much care
> if formal releases are done, since I've added a number of local changes
> to what we're running here.  What I've been doing is tracking the 2.1
> tree using CTM.  I upgrade one machine with "make world".  I then do
> a "make release", to build a customized release distribution that I
> install on an internal anonymous ftp server.  I can then install or
> upgrade all the other machines from this server at Ethernet speed.
> 
> 			---  Truck
> 
What's CTM? I'll try an IP dl for one system, then try your make release 
solution. Mine are all nearby, so it's not a real problem to reconfigure 
the IP's and bring them inside the firewall to do the ftp install.

TNX for the suggestion.