Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:37:03 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz_lst@tdx.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update - To 'Stable'? Message-ID: <20121125133703.8d4110c0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <39F2E6C43130FC99BEE99E4F@Octca64MkIV.tdx.co.uk> References: <C1B6C8D1DD95630634DD9DEA@MightyAtom.tdx.co.uk> <20121122174113.fd724619.freebsd@edvax.de> <39F2E6C43130FC99BEE99E4F@Octca64MkIV.tdx.co.uk>
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On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 12:06:06 +0000, Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > --On 22 November 2012 17:41 +0100 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > >> I'm looking at switching to 'freebsd-update' - is there an equivalent > >> way to get it to update me to '-STABLE'? > > > > No. The freebsd-update program can only be used to follow > > the RELEASE branch, plus the security updates (RELEASE-pN). > > Following STABLE branch still requires you to update by > > source. > > Ok, as csup is 'deprecated' - I guess what I need to do is move over to > Subversion instead? Sadly, yes. There still is no csup-equivalent (efficient and fast implementation distributed with the base OS) provided yet. And it's not just about "being provided with the OS", but also about nice integration (like /etc/sup/* config files or the option to simply "make update"). > - As 'freebsd-update' is only going to get me release + > security (-pX), not 'stable'. Correct. You _can_ use this to compile your own non-GENERIC kernel, but it will always have the "pre-STABLE" content, just as the rest of /usr/src. > At the moment we have a local host that has the entire FreeBSD source tree > on it - so we can just 'cherry pick' versions we need to update - I'd guess > / hope a similar setup is possible, but with Subversion... It should be possible, as the functionality of CVS and SVN can be seen as quite comparable. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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