Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:07:29 -0500 From: Adam Vandemore <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Portsnap vs CSup Message-ID: <49C2D031.6060501@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <B03C7532-C4E5-43F0-A877-7A88C5D5483C@charter.net> References: <8250ac3f0903191139m7c895ff9gde584ad16e3923f0@mail.gmail.com> <49C29970.3070503@gmail.com> <B03C7532-C4E5-43F0-A877-7A88C5D5483C@charter.net>
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Charles Howse wrote: > > On Mar 19, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Adam Vandemore wrote: > >> freebsd-update is another matter though. Base system security >> updates are distributed via that channel(binary updates) so it's a >> good idea to run that regularly. > > I just noticed the description in the man page for freebsd-update: > > ..."Note that updates are only available if they are being built for > the FreeBSD release and architecture being used; in particular, the > FreeBSD Security Team only builds updates for releases shipped in > binary form by the FreeBSD Release Engineering Team, e.g., FreeBSD > 6.1-RELEASE and FreeBSD 6.2-RC1, but not FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE or FreeBSD > 7.0-CURRENT." > Is this saying that I can't get a binary upgrade for 6.4-STABLE? > (You would not believe how long the make world process takes on a > Pentium 200!!) > Not that it's going to help a tremendous amount but a make -j 2 buildworld may help a bit. There's also some tips on the handbook page for speeding up the process. It would still be a long wait even if you used every optimization technique available. IIRC 2 jobs per core is the optimum level, and building system sources is the only place I've had any with multiple jobs. Multiple jobs w/ gmake under FBSD is basically worthless in my experience and even with BSD make's -B flag results not good. -- Adam Vandemore Systems Administrator IMED Mobility (605) 498-1610
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