Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 14:38:09 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: trevarthan@wingnet.net, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading from 4.6 Release to fix Open SSL Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020808143809.02d62db8@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <200208081532.58919.trevarthan@wingnet.net> References: <20020808183710.GC26297@dazed.slacker.com> <200208081431.12099.trevarthan@wingnet.net> <20020808183710.GC26297@dazed.slacker.com>
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At 03:32 PM 8.8.2002 -0400, Matthias Trevarthan wrote: >OK. Here is another quick question that has been nagging me ever since I > began to contemplate this upgrade: > >Do I really have to recompile FreeBSD on every machine? Or can I simply copy >the linker objects and link on each machine? > >Or better, yet, can I simply copy binaries? > >All machines are arch i386. >Specs listed below: > >Dual i686 1Ghz , running 4.4 Release >Single i686 1Ghz , running 4.4 Release >Dual i586 133Mhz , running 4.6 Release >Single i686 450Mhz , running 4.6 Release > >I don't mind recompiling the kernels for each individual machine, I just > don't want to recompile an entire OS on my dual i686 production box. It's > CPUs are loaded plenty just from normal use. > >Thanks. > >Matthias > If you look back over the past two days of messages on "freebsd-questions", this was discussed. It would sove your problem. The idea is to use one of the boxes as a "build" box and then from the other machines, mount NFS /usr/src & /usr/obj to installworld from those. This way you only need to compile once. Lots of details on the messages..... Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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