From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 07:42:24 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1650CE9C for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 07:42:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay2.tomsk.ru (mail.sibptus.tomsk.ru [212.73.124.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7574927FA for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 07:42:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by clamd daemon 0.98.1 for FreeBSD at relay2.tomsk.ru Received: from admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (account sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru [212.73.125.240] verified) by relay2.tomsk.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPSA id 35797308 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:42:21 +0700 Received: from admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (sudakov@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s5N7gK7R074822 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:42:20 +0700 (NOVT) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: (from sudakov@localhost) by admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id s5N7gKrn074821 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:42:20 +0700 (NOVT) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) X-Authentication-Warning: admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru: sudakov set sender to vas@mpeks.tomsk.su using -f Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:42:20 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: binary upgrade of a remote box Message-ID: <20140623074220.GA74676@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> References: <20140620122400.GA26444@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <53A7D4CB.1020606@calorieking.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <53A7D4CB.1020606@calorieking.com> Organization: AO "Svyaztransneft", SibPTUS X-PGP-Key: http://www.dreamwidth.org/pubkey?user=victor_sudakov X-PGP-Fingerprint: 10E3 1171 1273 E007 C2E9 3532 0DA4 F259 9B5E C634 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 07:42:24 -0000 Gregory Orange wrote: > > > I am very uncomfortable with "freebsd-update upgrade", at least it's > > not something I would risk remotely. > > whereas I do this regularly. I use 'freebsd-update cron' every night for > update checks, and have recently embarked on upgrading a fleet of 8.3 > machines to 8.4 using 'freebsd-update -r 8.4-RELEASE upgrade', with > flawless results so far. fear, Fear, FEAR!!! I often use a custom kernel, and there are so many precautions and quirks in the Handbook about 'freebsd-update upgrade' and custom kernels, that I get really afraid. I'll go test it in a lab, with console access, maybe it's not as horrible as it's painted. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru