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Subject: Re: Confusion 
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On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Andrew McNaughton wrote:

> > That is what cvs was invented for .. and that I why I switched all my
> > machines to FreeBSD when 2.2.6. was released. However I don't just run 
> > cvs on all those machines I have a dedicated box that cvs's all the code 
> > and then builds all the code and runs a number off test scripts that test
> > all the code used in the production boxes and then sends me a report if
> > it fails if not I upgrade the production box by mounting it's hd and do a
> > automtic install then I log in to the production box check if any changes
> > are required in /etc and reboot the server. My  maximum downtime is 5
> > minutes per upgrade unless some hardware goes bad but that is not the
> > fault of FreeBSD.  
> 
> I wonder if this is generic enough that the script should be part of the 
> distribution.
> 
> Should FreeBSD be distributing scripts for maintaining build systems, testing 
> those build systems, and upgrading production systems from them?

  Already done.  "make buildworld" on your build system, and "make
installworld" everywhere else.

> Andrew McNaughton

Tom



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