Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:42:48 +0400 (MSD) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rsync vs installworld Message-ID: <20031020134059.K36677@woozle.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <20031020061931.GE57130@straylight.oblivion.bg> References: <20031019190036.3426D16A4D7@hub.freebsd.org> <20031020061931.GE57130@straylight.oblivion.bg>
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Peter Pentchev wrote: [snip] PP> > > make buildworld PP> > > make installworld DESTDIR=/big/disk/freebsd/image PP> > > make mergemaster -D /big/disk/freebsd/mergemaster PP> > > PP> > > And then on each machine I want to update I'd do something like: PP> > > PP> > > sudo rsync --exclude etc --exclude usr/local --exclude boot \ PP> > > --delete -av host-server:/big/disk/freebsd/image / PP> > > sudo rm -rf /tmp/mergemaster PP> > > sudo scp host-server:/big/disk/freebsd/mergemaster /tmp/mergemaster PP> > > sudo mergemaster -someargs [snip] PP> Errr, isn't this pretty much what Colin Percival's PP> security/freebsd-update port already does? :) Take a look at PP> http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/ - this might be exactly what PP> you are looking for... Nope, because: - security/freebsd-update does not handle ports at all - it is only for security branches and so does not fit in the case of locally patched system Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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