Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 10:05:16 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff <akruijff@dds.nl> To: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Staying up to date - easy way? Message-ID: <20030703080516.GD57410@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030703080321.GC57410@dds.nl> References: <20030702233852.44521.qmail@web40607.mail.yahoo.com> <20030703080321.GC57410@dds.nl>
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--Boundary_(ID_RTpEoDFPPR8eSUd5Soi+nw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 10:03:21AM +0200, Alex de Kruijff wrote: > On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 04:38:52PM -0700, Gary Singleton wrote: > > Here's my question. Is there a simple way to stay up to date with > > FreeBSD? The install was great! But the whole CVSup, rebuild thing > > seems a little much to do for just security updates. Is it just a huge > > thing the first time you do it and get smaller / faster after that or > > am I just completely missing something else. Could I make a refuse > > file and refuse everything except what I need? Am I clueless? > > > There usaly are binairies updates when a security update is repored > comes availble. Usaly the website despribes a way to install them. > Make sure that you are on the rigth mailinglists. (www.freebsd.org; i > can't give you the exact link, since i am in a somewhat limet > enverioment right now. > > The proces you desribe takes a couple of hours and is compicated to > do the first time. After that it easy. The /etc/make.conf file allow > you control over the build process. This includes some controle about > what not to build. > > A build proces normaly looks like this: > mergemaster -p > make buildworld; make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC > > This all can run in the background. After that, and there are no > errors, you can get the machine in single user mode and install it with: > make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC > check for errors > make installworld > mergemaster > reboot > > It looks more compicated than it is, realy. I usaly run the build pard > on the backgound with the commands: > idprio 30 make buildworld; idprio 30 make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC & > > This effectivly makes it give preference to all other processes as much > as posible. I also written a script for my self to make this process > easier for my self. I included it as an atachement. Its smart not to use > this for the first time you build the world in order to get a feeling > for the proces. Oesp here's the atachement. Alex --Boundary_(ID_RTpEoDFPPR8eSUd5Soi+nw)--
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