Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:33:30 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: Julian Stacey <jhs@berklix.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: /bin and /sbin are now dynamically linked Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031117123226.66398B-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <200311171726.hAHHQ0Mj028252@tower.berklix.org>
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Julian Stacey wrote: > Richard Coleman wrote: > > But I think the time for these discussions is passed. > > current@ is only a concensus of /usr/src developers. /usr/src & > /usr/ports/ users on hackers@ ports@ isp@ may not have seen current@'s > change ? that may make later net upgrades more problematic / dangerous. > > FreeBSD (non current) can be net upgraded to new releases without any > /usr/src & /usr/obj on either remote target or local (keyboard) system, > using merely an ftp'd new binary tree + `mv'. Will a safe new `ftp + > mv' procedure be documented ? Is /rescue/mv adequate for this purpose? A slightly more fragile approach would be to make sure that /lib is unpacked before /bin and /sbin. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories
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