Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 20:56:55 -0400 From: "Andrew J. Caines" <A.J.Caines@halplant.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keeping Updated Message-ID: <4A0231D7.1020206@halplant.com> In-Reply-To: <000001c9ce66$ed588fc0$c809af40$@org> References: <000001c9ce66$ed588fc0$c809af40$@org>
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Paul, > I guess I'm kinda wondering the "condensed quick version" of what > people are typically doing to keep their system updated from source > without making life difficult ;) In addition to the reference already given, there is a concise description under "COMMON ITEMS" near the end of src/UPDATING, with header "To rebuild everything and install it on the current system". I note what might be a missed correction where it says "make kernel" as opposed to "make buildkernel". I do it the wrong way, which has always worked perfectly for me for many years using http://halplant.com:2001/software/FreeBSD/scripts/update_fbsd to fetch sources, build world and kernel while in multi-user, run from cron. When I'm ready to install, I shutdown and run http://halplant.com:2001/software/FreeBSD/scripts/install_fbsd This is wrong because I don't boot the new kernel before installing the new world. -- -Andrew J. Caines- Unix Systems Engineer A.J.Caines@halplant.com FreeBSD/Linux/Solaris, Web/Mail/Proxy/... http://halplant.com:2001/ "Machines take me by surprise with great frequency" - Alan Turing
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