Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 15:35:42 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: Claus Guttesen <kometen@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why Are You Using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <4FC773AE.1030906@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <CAAKtYMAREyxKXSU1LtDRWvjH8XnY-CQNfBRKmuXvNddT3GmXaw@mail.gmail.com> References: <C480320C-0CD9-4B61-8AFB-37085C820AB7@FreeBSD.org> <4FC742BF.4080005@my.gd> <20120531102127.GV39168@e-new.0x20.net> <80C9CF39-B4B2-4F2E-BC30-138BB692C91A@my.gd> <CAAKtYMAREyxKXSU1LtDRWvjH8XnY-CQNfBRKmuXvNddT3GmXaw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 5/31/12 1:20 PM, Claus Guttesen wrote: >>>> A regular debian update is 5 minutes + reboot >>>> A regular FBSD update is about 1.5 hour + 3 reboots (after >>>> installkernel, installworld, rebuild of ports) >>> >>> But how often do you need to >> >> As a matter of fact, too often, that's te problem. >> >> We have > 800 servers and I can't argue that debian's update process is much simpler and faster. > > Take a look at freebsd-update: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html. > This tracks release. > As I just replied to an off-list mail, we can't use binary upgrades because: 1/ we use custom kernels with a lot of the stuff stripped 2/ we pass custom options to ports, which excludes pre-compiled packages 3/ we don't track release, I'm trying to move our boxes away from it so we can get faster patches, we track 8-STABLE on most boxes
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