Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:29:06 +0100 From: Kai <kai@xs4all.net> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Update is the binary update solution [Re: HEADS UP: Release schedule for 2006] Message-ID: <20060126132906.GC59566@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20060105093220.GJ1358@svcolo.com>
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On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Jo Rhett wrote: > > Look around. Every major commercial OS does it just fine. Most of the > open source OSes do it just fine. Debian had probably the easiest to use > system, and they've risen, owned the world and fallen all while FreeBSD has > been debating this issue. > Hello, Another ™.02, Today I'm installing Freebsd 6 from a CD, and I'm having to jump through loops to get it up-to-date. Take for example FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio. First I need to install the sources for the complete OS, then run a patch on it, and all that for the installation of 1 measily binary, and then keep track of the fact that I did this. Supplying kernel-source patches is fine, but IMHO there is something really wrong with this. I don't want to be bothered by the hassle of keeping track of which security update I patched in my sourcetree and which not. So, please pretty please make something that lets us admins just download a binary package for an updated cpio, and let something whine if its installed already on a system. Shouldn't be too big a problem to get this done in 2006, rpm could do the job, apt-get would suffice too? Regards, Kai -- begin 600 .signature
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