From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Sep 20 8: 0:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 975D337B420 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 08:00:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id HAA13546; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:56:52 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda13544; Thu Sep 20 07:56:48 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.11.6/8.9.1) id f8KEumL13210; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:56:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from UNKNOWN(10.1.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdk13204; Thu Sep 20 07:56:05 2001 Received: (from smtpd@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.11.6/8.9.1) id f8KEu5Q06092; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:56:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109201456.f8KEu5Q06092@cwsys.cwsent.com> X-Authentication-Warning: cwsys.cwsent.com: smtpd set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdue6085; Thu Sep 20 07:55:35 2001 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: schubert To: "Kevin Oberman" Cc: j mckitrick , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: binary upgrade vs src In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:49:31 PDT." <200109192049.f8JKnVR21096@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:55:35 -0700 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 In message <200109192049.f8JKnVR21096@ptavv.es.net>, "Kevin Oberman" writes: > Yes, it's much faster and often the only way to upgrade in a > reasonable manner. Depending on how you look at it this is not always true. Building world in the background then installing world and running mergemaster will take less than 15 minutes of downtime, assuming your system is fast enough. Since the buildworld is non-disruptive to normal operations the amount of time it takes is inconsequential. From the POV of start-to-finish, installing from CDROM or network is faster. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD Ministry of Management Services Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message