Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:27:31 -0500 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Rail mail <railmail@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updating issues Message-ID: <411D86A3.8080704@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <c35bdefa04081320231721b91@mail.gmail.com> References: <c35bdefa04081320231721b91@mail.gmail.com>
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Rail mail wrote: > I have compiled kernel and now want to find easiest, safest way to > upgrade a production machine. > > I'm trying to make a decision on to either A just always do a cvsup > with RELENG_5_X and make world or B try to pull something together > with freebsd-update. > > of course freebsd-update 1.4 gets upset since files were modified, due > to src update and compile. I could be wrong but I thought the whole idea of FreeBSDUpdate is NOT to mess with the source. I always thought that the before mentioned updeated only the binaries. That being said, and if you did tamper with the source - then cvsup (to me) is the proper course of action. -- Best regards, Chris Real programmers can do octal, hexadecimal and binary math in their heads.
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