Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:23:32 -0800 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: Jay Chandler <chandler@chapman.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how much space does freebsd-update need for the workdir? Message-ID: <45AD6C84.60907@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <45AD69B9.3020107@chapman.edu> References: <576dcbc20701161608r1c0697bawf696071acdeb7ba8@mail.gmail.com> <45AD69B9.3020107@chapman.edu>
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Jay Chandler wrote: > lveax wrote: >> i have upgraded to 6.2. i notice there is a new tool freebsd-update. >> >> where i can find the freebsd-update mirror server list? The FreeBSD Update client does that automatically, using DNS SRV magic. >> and how much space does it need? That depends upon how many security updates are issued. Hopefully not much space. :-) More seriously, the /var/db/freebsd-update/ directory holds the new and old versions of any files which are updated, in order to allow you to rollback security updates (not that I ever expect this to be necessary). As a wild guess, I'm going to say that this is likely to add up to about 20MB/year. > On a related note, I already have the freebsd-update port installed. > Should I uninstall it and use the one that's part of the OS, or keep > going as I've been doing? Uninstall the port. The new FreeBSD Update code in the base system is much better. Colin Percival
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