From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 8 10:24:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5804716A51F for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 10:24:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from makeworld.com (chcgil2-ar9-4-60-214-019.chcgil2.dsl-verizon.net [4.60.214.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D44C143D1F for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 10:24:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from evrtwa1-ar12-4-46-162-188.evrtwa1.dsl-verizon.net (racerx@evrtwa1-ar12-4-46-162-188.evrtwa1.dsl-verizon.net [4.46.162.188]) by makeworld.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i28IOZ0P096545 for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 12:24:36 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) From: Chris To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 12:24:34 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <000401c40531$0ab88de0$0100000a@liberty> <2121A5DA-7125-11D8-B6F7-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com> <20040308181733.GG891@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> In-Reply-To: <20040308181733.GG891@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200403081224.34802.racerx@makeworld.com> Subject: Re: Update utility X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 18:24:38 -0000 On Monday 08 March 2004 12:17 pm, Simon Barner wrote: > If you prefer binary updates, there is a special port > (security/freebsd-update), but it will only work on an unaltered > installation (i.e. you did not do any buildworlds), and of course, you > can run the freebsd-update port incrementally. > > However, once you use a source based update method, the port will not work > any longer, since your installation will consist of custom binaries that do > not match the recorded checksums. > > Simon I like the idea of the bin-updates. Most of the end users of FBSD really don't have a need to have custom src so this may be a very acceptable way to go. I have never used this method - I ought to try it tho. On some of me slower boxen, I would love to move away from the 4 plus hours it takes to update them. Again, most of which don't require a hack to the src so I would imagine this option would work well. I'm interested in the time it takes to do the freebsd-update, and if rebooting is needed. Can someone post experiences and approximate run times? -- Best regards, Chris