Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 19:09:31 +0100 From: Matt Smith <matt.xtaz@gmail.com> To: Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@xs4all.nl> Cc: Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org>, mueller6722@twc.com, fullermd@over-yonder.net, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of portupgrade and portmaster? Message-ID: <20171002180931.GC48518@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1710021956350.2025@yokozuna> References: <201710021712.v92HCmdW033734@gw.catspoiler.org> <alpine.BSF.2.21.1710021956350.2025@yokozuna>
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On Oct 02 20:01, Marco Beishuizen wrote: >On Mon, 2 Oct 2017, the wise Don Lewis wrote: > >>Yes it can. If you use the svn method when creating a jail you can >>chose any arbitrary source branch from the svn repository and then >>you can specify any desired svn revision on that branch when you >>update the jail. You would probably want to use this method when >>building ports for 12.0-CURRENT rather than creating the jail using >>a 12.0-CURRENT snapshot. > >I'm running 11.1-STABLE now, upgrading every few months or when there >is an important security fix. Do I have to build a new system twice in >that case (once my running system and once the poudriere jail)? > What I do is to initially create the jail using poudriere jail -c -j 11 -m src=/usr/src and then I upgrade the jail using poudriere jail -u -j 11. These commands use the existing /usr/src and /usr/obj trees from the host system buildworld/kernel. It doesn't need to be rebuilt. -- Matt
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