Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 09:40:51 +0200 From: Marton Kenyeres <mkenyeres@konvergencia.hu> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need to build some systems this week. Snapshots? Message-ID: <200308280940.51593.mkenyeres@konvergencia.hu> In-Reply-To: <200308280638.AAA19221@lariat.org> References: <200308280638.AAA19221@lariat.org>
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On Thursday 28 August 2003 08.38, Brett Glass wrote: > 1I need to build up some systems this week, but it appears that neither the > US "releng4" server nor the Japanese snapshot server has snapshots of > -STABLE with all of the most recently reported glitches fixed. (The > Japanese server seems to be indicating, via log messages in its FTP > directories, that it has run out of disk space for builds.) I can't get > through to > daemon.jp.freebsd.org, which normally holds builds of the latest release > with security patches, at all. > > FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE isn't due out until the end of next month. What's the > best way to install a relatively stable build of FreeBSD, with all known > security issues fixed, in the interim? I'd very much NOT like to do a CVS > update and rebuild the world on these machines, as hard drive space and > time available for installation will be limited. > Why don't you do a cvs update and a `make release' on one of the machines and do a network install on the others? Or do a `make -DMAKE_ISOS release' if you prefer CDs as your install media. I would choose some pre-PAE RELENG_4, as it seems there are still some stability issues and IIRC I saw some posts about the MFSROOT floppy overflowing. (Maybe that's what the snapshot server is complaining about?) cheerz, m. -- Marton Kenyeres - mkenyeres@konvergencia.hu KVG Konvergencia Kft.
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