From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Dec 6 13:44:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A71C37B401 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:44:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49A8743EC2 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:44:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gB6LiCkg000640; Sat, 7 Dec 2002 10:44:12 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gB6LiBHI000639; Sat, 7 Dec 2002 10:44:11 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 10:44:11 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Mark Hittinger Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: update strategies Message-ID: <20021206214411.GA571@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <200212061933.gB6JXNfj064196@p233.pu.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200212061933.gB6JXNfj064196@p233.pu.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 01:33:22PM -0600, Mark Hittinger wrote: [...] > Its also worth thinking about your backups and when you cvsup. I mirror my > system disks prior to cvsup so that the backup has binaries/sources in > sync. Again, this is much more important to do on -current because you > never know. :-) - but still worth doing on -stable. So true. It's even more important when you find out that the latest cvsup you have has broken the compiler tool-chain; meaning that your installed (broken) compiler can't build it's way out of trouble. Recovering means restoring system binaries from backup, or using another machine's /usr/obj to make installworld... Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by" - Douglas Adams To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message