From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Jun 20 16:33:37 2014
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115])
 (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B581A74A;
 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:33:37 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from secure.freebsdsolutions.net (secure.freebsdsolutions.net
 [69.55.234.48])
 (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (Client did not present a certificate)
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7EB4A2291;
 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:33:37 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from [10.10.1.198] (office.betterlinux.com [199.58.199.60])
 (authenticated bits=0)
 by secure.freebsdsolutions.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s5KGXQLj063245
 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT);
 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:33:26 -0400 (EDT)
 (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net)
From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Subject: freebsd-update from script without tty
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 10:33:29 -0600
Message-Id: <295AB5F0-1601-4AF6-BCE1-FD592DE26FB1@jnielsen.net>
To: FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.2\))
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.2)
X-DCC--Metrics: ns1.jnielsen.net 1282; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2
X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.8 at ns1.jnielsen.net
X-Virus-Status: Clean
Cc: cperciva@freebsd.org
X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18
Precedence: list
List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code <freebsd-stable.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-stable>,
 <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable>,
 <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:33:37 -0000

Hi Colin, list-

I have a script that builds virtual FreeBSD disk images. After it =
populates the base system it runs "freebsd-update -b ${MOUNTPOINT} ..." =
to update the image with the latest security patch release.

If I run the script from a terminal it works fine. However if I try to =
run it from our user-friendly web interface (which spawns the script in =
the background with no tty) the freebsd-update step fails:

# UNAME_r=3D10.0-RELEASE freebsd-update -b /mnt/chroot fetch
freebsd-update fetch should not be run non-interactively.
Run freebsd-update cron instead.

I understand and appreciate the use case for 'freebsd-update cron' but =
in this case my script is running because a user requested and is =
waiting for it, and a delay of up to an hour won't really fly.

Can anyone suggest a workaround?

Thanks,

JN