Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:23:35 +0900 From: "Gen Otsuji" <annona2@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: idea about FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <200809070623.m876NZJN001348@softbank219001162114.bbtec.net> In-Reply-To: <48C2679A.3060909@delphij.net> References: <200809061017.m86AH8IK001307@softbank219001162114.bbtec.net> <48C2679A.3060909@delphij.net>
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At Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:20:58 -0700, Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > annona2@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello. > > I have an idea that, in FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE, the code of freebsd-update > > is included. > > If SA is announced, it would be nice. > > When so, iso-image is still 7.1-RELEASE not 7.1-RELEASE-p1. > > So, if someone intend to install 7.1-RELEASE, and if network is coonnected, > > the installer runs the freebsd-update script and it will be secure install. > > Please take this idea into account. > > Perhaps a nightly script (i.e. 350.freebsd-update which basically do > freebsd-update cron) would be better, as it ? Note that we can even > make the script configurable to install and reboot system. > > Also, I always wish that the official installation disc to ship with a > portsnap tarball which included the snapshot at the tagged time, instead > of just do a tarball of export of CVS ports/, and use portsnap instead. > This will make the first time portsnap execution much less painful. > > Another idea is to ship /var/db/mergemaster.mtree with the installation. > > Cheers, > - -- > Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ > FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Thank you for your response. I understood it. Regards, Gen Otsuji <annona2@gmai.com>
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