Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 09:30:52 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: Ted Spradley <tsprad@set.spradley.tmi.net> Cc: Drew Derbyshire - UUPC/extended software support <software@kew.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: after the release ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980321091629.300C-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <E0yG5WL-0001KR-00@set.spradley.tmi.net>
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Drew, Ted, On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Ted Spradley wrote: > I presume you mean a *binary* patch here. What's the big advantage of > binary over source? You don't have to pay extra for the compiler. I > suppose the binary patch would run faster, but the computer does the work, > not you, so why do you care? The source patch is more likely to get it > right, and if it doesn't, you've got a tiny chance to fix it. > > > > To Not everyone installs sources. Many of my customers have brain seizures if I send them step-by-step instructions on how to apply a patch and type 'make ; make install'. I found it easier to create a pkg and tell them to do pkg_add ftp://ftp.hilink.com.au/pub/FreeBSD/sendmail-security-pkg.tgz (sample URL) They were quite happy with the above. As Mike stated, you just need a before and after system where you can compare binaries, then you tar up the binaries from the 'after' system and put them in a package. This allows people who are afraid of 'make' to upgrade. There should be a bit of discussion about when to release an upgrade package, and whether they should be incremental, or complete from the -RELEASE. My vote is for incremental, and at least a week apart, unless there are security holes found. Monthly would probably be acceptable. So, Drew, the two approaches to take are: * install CVS so you can extract the differences you want (Eivind has nice patches to CVS to allow this). * Regularly fetch a SNAP/BETA snapshot from releng22.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD ; unpack it ; compare it with the last one ; create a directory tree with the changed files ; use pkg_create Your new P166 will be up to this job admirably. I just hope you got a decent HDD :-) If you want a hand with this, I am happy to help. Danny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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