Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 09:13:32 +0100 From: Gregory Byshenk <freebsd@byshenk.net> To: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Cc: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Binary update to -STABLE? And if so, what do I get? Message-ID: <20190215081332.GB85865@v1.leiden.byshenk.net> In-Reply-To: <CAOjFWZ5ZAJbPFLGNzSnGTk8Yoio1h38OWYHjFRN4=kEbk3Hv1g@mail.gmail.com> References: <80937c57-7757-3c70-5198-4da12c4f23d9@denninger.net> <20190213134939.GO2748@home.opsec.eu> <29563d3e-608d-591e-89bb-bf428b52bdc8@denninger.net> <CACLnyCJByvrahyk1MBdckRxpXw3-GVXDM5WMMTUUmaJRffdqmg@mail.gmail.com> <1656e7f5-ef76-55d8-f46c-416223c5f975@ingresso.co.uk> <CAN6yY1sv-a6q3KfAMhZ00zo8kY2Mkk8f3=F6P3OZC926x%2BrbSA@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ5ZAJbPFLGNzSnGTk8Yoio1h38OWYHjFRN4=kEbk3Hv1g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 10:22:06AM -0800, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 10:13 AM Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: > > Far and away the biggest is the requirement to build from sources. It's not > > a big deal for me, but if I still had many systems to deal with, that would > > be a pain. > Just as one can setup a poudriere/synth system for building custom binary > package repositories (so one builds packages on one system for easy > installation on multiple systems using binary packages), one can also setup > a custom freebsd-update server (so one builds the OS on one system, for > easy installation on multiple servers using binary updates). And that can > be done to track -STABLE or -CURRENT, I believe. > > Granted, I have never done it, nor looked too deeply into the documentation > around it, but I do know it's possible. :) At least in theory. :D > > IOW, the days of needing to compile everything on each individual machine > are behind us. They have been behind us for quite a long time. Even more than ten years ago already one could use a build machine for builds, and then just install on a collection of different servers -- thus using the same tested version everywhere. I'm doing that even now for a tiny number of "special" machines where I want to run STABLE instead of just using freebsd-update. -- gregory byshenk - gbyshenk@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL
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