Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:25:15 +0200 From: Svein Halvor Halvorsen <svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Krishna Mohan Gundu <gkmohan@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A few questions from a current linux user Message-ID: <489D465B.9070504@lvor.halvorsen.cc> In-Reply-To: <20080808070114.3aa40072.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <70ec82800808072020h5aafa48axe4140c5eeb229854@mail.gmail.com> <20080808070114.3aa40072.freebsd@edvax.de>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig9EF1B05CDAA78C944DF28CEC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Polytropon wrote: >> 4) If a binary update leads to an unstable system, how easy it is to >> backtrack to an earlier working version along with working config >> files? >=20 > An update set provided via freebsd-update should not render a system > unstable / unusable; at least it's possible that the system is not > in a working state when the update process gets interrupted at a > critical point, but I never had such a problem. In the worst case, > you can restore the base system from the installation CD (or via > bootonly + network) and try the update again. There's a "freebsd-update rollback", but I've never had the need to use it, so I can't say how well it works. But I guess it does what you're asking. --------------enig9EF1B05CDAA78C944DF28CEC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: mailto:pgpkey@svein.halvorsen.cc to get my PGP-key iEYEARECAAYFAkidRl4ACgkQhQg3vZGYu0C8HACferZReprSPoTgTSKNjWfGwgkY QWgAoMezjNUPI66fibvSboOTYg5Q2msG =E0jG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig9EF1B05CDAA78C944DF28CEC--
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