Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 12:30:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: David Miller <dmiller@search.sparks.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server Farms? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005101225220.99845-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005100901400.4187-100000@search.sparks.net>
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On Wed, 10 May 2000, David Miller wrote:
> I know this. That's why I use FreeBSD:)
:-)
> What I was asking for was an easy way to differentiate between kernel and
> non-kernel changes. cvscommit-all is pretty high volume to look at daily
> - I just want an easy way to tell when significant bugs which might affect
> me get fixed.
Changes under src/sys/ are the ones which affect the kernel (and those
with "RELENG_[34]" are the only ones which affect [34].x)
> I'm thinking of the way many commercial OS's release patches, like bsdi.
Unfortunately FreeBSD doesnt do that - -stable is for this kind of thing.
Basically the worst that is likely to happen with it is that you get a
system that doesnt compile - serious breakages in stable are VERY rare,
and I cant think of the last time one occurred.
Perhaps the best thing to do might be to watch the -stable mailing list
for signs that people have been experiencing trouble with a particular
date, and if things are quiet, update to that date on your test machine,
and if it works, do the rest.
Kris
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