From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jul 8 00:47:35 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE87B90D1 for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2015 00:47:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-f178.google.com (mail-ig0-f178.google.com [209.85.213.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93AE51308 for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2015 00:47:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by igrv9 with SMTP id v9so154750843igr.1 for ; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:47:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=references:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type; bh=B4X8/s8rcywm44UxsQWCRQxa4upi/Lat6P6fSj2l0Eo=; b=AKMabL5w1AmRfDUIEafdaymbruyqvVYr2bzt3C23+Oos+e5pnnIZdSUGIFQ3KWtlJW OCUWmt0ioqngx2aPCymoSZZKeXf2EjqY5UIV0XJTsCwqhOJ7GPyHkZsRcwPrL6vQ4i6V viXvFPs5SrrccDFuv1LobtWCfBT11os4IN1fZRagaKcUWXdCf7Ef8bkYVafQ/w4CYQlr QhUYgxVvTk65eFm0LsBO8QsuKfx6uxK0GJLTSSxRw5BjPkDc8uUjcjyR0pU4zcetj8rc wIbsiiIIeRZ2VWuPh6i+1E/qUfbMKU+3bcQPVOspuB4aQrMJ0/L7JCDo0oUpUvJ8i3Nw 7U6Q== X-Received: by 10.50.78.232 with SMTP id e8mr48881046igx.24.1436316052984; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:40:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (184-100-78-171.mpls.qwest.net. [184.100.78.171]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id e10sm725837igy.11.2015.07.07.17.40.51 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:40:51 -0700 (PDT) References: <559C6B73.8050509@sneakertech.com> From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: Quartz Cc: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: Questions about freebsd-update In-reply-to: <559C6B73.8050509@sneakertech.com> Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 19:40:49 -0500 Message-ID: <86egkjeb1q.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:47:35 -0000 Quartz writes: > Have a couple odd situations I need to work around. I'm wondering if > anyone can help me answer the following questions about updating: > > 1) How do I get a list of available updates for a system WITHOUT > actually downloading anything or writing any files to disk? > > 2) How do I get freebsd-update to install only specific patches or > updates instead of everything? > > 3) How do I (or even can I) manually download patches onto a usb drive > and then install them onto a machine that has no internet connection? > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I honestly don't know much about freebsd-update, but near as I can tell it's more a convenience than a fully formed system administration tool. The best way to get more fine-grained control over system updates is to build the base system from source, which leaves you with dozens of options for how to manage updates and which components to include. Control and immediate convenience rarely go together. -- ================================================================= :: Brandon Wandersee :: :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: ================================================================== 'A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.' - Douglas Adams ==================================================================