From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 3 12:30:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28E781065674 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 12:30:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from D.Forsyth@ru.ac.za) Received: from b.mail.ru.ac.za (b.mail.ru.ac.za [IPv6:2001:4200:1010::25:2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56DB58FC1C for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 12:30:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from D.Forsyth@ru.ac.za) Received: from iwr.ru.ac.za ([146.231.64.249]:60678) by b.mail.ru.ac.za with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1LUKPt-000L9N-Jw; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:30:13 +0200 Received: from iwr61.iwr.ru.ac.za ([146.231.64.161]) by iwr.ru.ac.za with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1LUKPt-000Jxq-JP; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:30:13 +0200 From: "DA Forsyth" Organization: IWR To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:30:14 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <498854F6.1389.2357B958@d.forsyth.ru.ac.za> Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.41) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Virus-Scanned: b.mail.ru.ac.za (146.231.129.34) Cc: SlackWareWolf@comcast.net Subject: re: Patching / Updating / Upgrading X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: d.forsyth@ru.ac.za List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:30:23 -0000 Message: 4 Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:37:14 -0500 From: Akenner Subject: Patching / Updating / Upgrading To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Hello all, > So if anyone could lend a little but in typing out what they use for > updates and how they go about it, I'd appreciate it. I've already > gotten a full CVSup file sent to me by a member on here which was a > great help in deciding how to set up the file. I'm more or less > wondering with CVSup if I keep using RELEASE or do I use Stable. use RELEASE for a production server, STABLE on a desktop or test machine. IMHO use CVS if you have to build a custom kernel, I do this on my two production servers. On my minimal install print servers, I use freebsd-update about once a month. it is a bit fiddly to get through a proxy that needs auth, but it can be done. > And of course if anyone uses freebsd-update if they have suggestions > I'd love to hear those as well :) it works, it is quick, if you use the generic kernel. > -Allen -- DA Fo rsyth Network Supervisor Principal Technical Officer -- Institute for Water Research http://www.ru.ac.za/institutes/iwr/