Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 17:00:33 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Who are using FreeBSD for Hosting Env. and Which Update Method Message-ID: <20031209220033.GA87019@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <1071005801.15221.216.camel@unixws1> References: <042601c3be94$c2ff3bd0$019c9752@xp> <001d01c3be97$90ac83b0$3d1f1fac@corp.firstlink.com> <20031209212344.GB93443@complx.LF.net> <1071005801.15221.216.camel@unixws1>
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Somewhere around Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 15:36 , the world stopped and listened as Adam Maloney graced us with this profound tidbit of wisdom that would fulfill the ejoyment of future generations: > Just thought I'd add my $.02 > > Yes. Only a short time (during the installworld and mergemaster) > > the system is in a somehow fragile state, but it works most of > > the time, so we do it in multiuser. > On most of my boxes I do the installs and merge in multiuser > mode. I'm a little more nervous about mail, so I always do it in > single-user mode on the mailserver. Fragile is a good word for > this state. It's nice when you have the luxury of being able to phsyically touch the machines. I do my upgrades remotely in MU mode. In case of crash it will take me about 30 minutes to get to the machines - but there is really no place to work except in awkward standing modes with rack doors open. I've never had a problem - but have always been perpared for one. > > Good question 8-) > I have always done source, and I always sync with stable and > re-build everything (rather than using patches). Why? It just > "feels" right :) And since I do it remotely, I login, build with nohup and logout and check the logs the next day. Beside 'feeling right' - I don't have to do anyting. I tell it to do it, and it does it. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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