From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Mar 20 00:31:13 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40231AD5F24 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2016 00:31:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2420A1AC1 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2016 00:31:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References: In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=Du3w+VOpuoujUNGe00rHQbyWn56/8pzrbQxjvM44eC4=; b=TeYBFs5DnWqJcoOgM71H0yKAES iFEcRTZV6xDwl27Mf2qIEfg2urxgx+oDT0eOkPyIba3E44bWnCVnYRV7fl9eaVkkvPvw8EqA+DEi8 +qAZHBrluQcm5LVVJAyzLhGc8B2mH+15m0kpT6twMZlqTbDip+YiDyTwWnvL58HjA7yY=; Received: from [39.253.183.34] (port=16346 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.86_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ahRGx-000Fq7-Ez; Sat, 19 Mar 2016 18:31:12 -0600 Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 08:31:07 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: "Littlefield, Tyler" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: questions re: upgrading current and jail package management Message-ID: <20160320083107.75c54638@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <56EDC48A.6040001@tysdomain.com> References: <56EDC48A.6040001@tysdomain.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Authenticated-Sender: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 00:31:13 -0000 Hi, On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 17:28:42 -0400 "Littlefield, Tyler" wrote: > I have a few questions I was hoping someone could help me with. > I'm running FreeBSD 11 using IOCage for jails. Thus far, I have a > couple questions here: I do not use IOCage. > 1) When I portsnap fetch extract in a jail, I get a message telling me > that /usr/ports is not writable. When I touch a file in /usr/ports I'm > told it's a read-only filesystem, but mount only shows the root > directory being mounted. Is this typical? if so, how should ports be > installed? /usr/ports is writable in my jails. > I read that you should not build ports in a jail, but a few of the I do this all the while. There might be some restrictions I never have met. > 3) I am running FreeBSD-11. Is there a good way to update short of > rebuilding everything? I don't mind doing that, but it's somewhat time > consuming. Also mergemaster has a bad habbit of breaking my > /etc/passwd files, etc. I do not run mergemaster most of the time. If I do, I only allow to write the changes to /var something and do editing manually afterwards. But I run the jails on systems running 10 since it was current. Release versions have the advantage that sudden changes will not interrupt your work suddenly. Erich