From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 19 23:07:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADFA5106566B for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:07:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f171.google.com (mail-ew0-f171.google.com [209.85.219.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A43A8FC16 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:07:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so518413ewy.43 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:07:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tkNZTc5DcsHuTOK0DITP5r0SAtYHG8deQJnF/nj7rHM=; b=mIYDgY6K/c73BkbSCddLxFlPxKK/5d7NkhRKiTiGXxjVbqO3lCsa0c82Ejjpml4oYZ esXt//id+b8IKrlD9OOsqGnpBlJYCsmxfQFSol4pFYqH+cMklrdgjU/HjGmOy/Z13s8n DrG1qxbwW8EP0MYmqSEUu3YZMprgKdG8PAVsw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=lz2UcEHly88/RkpIKHcGqHXmPTS55852ncDBzcP6EMVrlqiqe0B8fG0IDV0m9YSOVj GPlPSByi9Y8Q/7LFAIu7mf/Q1CVxiCAh+gCFqEi9tAT9eTpXYHLELGOTXFgU+DL0rZPs 6nbjlR8dkMvq7+e5PYl98mAznxfvKjovXMGok= Received: by 10.216.48.209 with SMTP id v59mr1500178web.78.1237504053042; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:07:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?216.16.29.53? (host-53.216-16-29.iw.net [216.16.29.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 10sm1672516eyd.53.2009.03.19.16.07.30 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:07:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49C2D031.6060501@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:07:29 -0500 From: Adam Vandemore User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: <8250ac3f0903191139m7c895ff9gde584ad16e3923f0@mail.gmail.com> <49C29970.3070503@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Portsnap vs CSup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:07:35 -0000 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