From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 1 13:36:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5599016A401 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 13:36:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from pollux.dfwlp.com (rrcs-64-183-212-242.sw.biz.rr.com [64.183.212.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 223AC13C480 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 13:36:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by pollux.dfwlp.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l31Da2Rx082242 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 08:36:02 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 08:36:02 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20070401083602.0fe922f5.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <5FD20E62-A4A8-4E6F-8873-9BE5FCC3E85D@shire.net> References: <20070330064629.C54F916A508@hub.freebsd.org> <20070401061634.GA22699@ns.umpquanet.com> <5FD20E62-A4A8-4E6F-8873-9BE5FCC3E85D@shire.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on pollux.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: as i progress with jails... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:36:08 -0000 On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 00:20:04 -0600 "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" wrote: > > On Apr 1, 2007, at 12:16 AM, James Long wrote: > > >> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:14:16 -0600 > >> From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" > >> Subject: Re: as i progress with jails... > >> To: Jonathan Horne > >> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >> Message-ID: > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > >> > > [deleted] > >> That needs to be updated per jail. I use a master jail I nullfs > >> mount so I just ave to update userland once but if major etc changes > >> happen still have to do that in each > >> > >> Chad > > > > And is mergemaster useful inside jails, or do changes to jails' > > /etc tree have to be handled manually? > > To be honest I have not yet tried. I tend to do it by hand when > things break by not doing it :-) > > Chad > > --- > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC > Your Web App and Email hosting provider > chad at shire.net > after the previous reply to do the 'make installworld DESTDIR=/path/to/jail' (which seemed to work great), i just re-entered the jail, switched to /usr/src (nullfs mounted from the host, along with /usr/obj), and did mergemaster from the jail. it did identify files that were not up to date with 6.2-RELEASE-p3, and hitting 'i' to install them did seem to remove the old, and put in the new (example, my /etc/motd was full text again, which i always keep mine cut down to just the first 2 lines). so id say that using mergemaster within the jail is the way to go. cheers, jonathan