Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:45:11 -0400 From: FreeBSD <freebsd@optiksecurite.com> To: matt donovan <kitchetech@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd-update with a custom kernel and jails Message-ID: <48E91947.4080204@optiksecurite.com> In-Reply-To: <28283d910810051047i30de4c4bsd1e8526474009c40@mail.gmail.com> References: <48E8F253.6010206@optiksecurite.com> <28283d910810051047i30de4c4bsd1e8526474009c40@mail.gmail.com>
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matt donovan a écrit : > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 12:58 PM, FreeBSD <freebsd@optiksecurite.com> wrote: > > >> There is my situation: >> I want to be able to use freebsd-update to update a FreeBSD 7.0-Release >> installation to the latest security patches (I want an update and not an >> upgrade if I understand correctly). Where this gets more complicated is that >> I need a custom kernel (for ULE, pf and ALTQ while also disabling some >> devices I'll never need) and I want to use jails to isolate every services >> (Apache and MySQL by now). >> >> So, I read at some places that you can't use freebsd-update with a custom >> kernel, but I'm not sure if this apply only in the case of an upgrade >> between release or if I'll need to manually recompile the kernel with every >> use of freebsd-update. >> >> I also read that it's possible to update the jails from the host system >> with the -b flag. In this case, I supposed that I need to update the host >> system before the jail, but is the procedure going to be exactly the same? >> >> yes all you need to do is freebsd-update fetch install your kernel won't be >> updated but your userland will >> >> So it is right to say that the custom kernel "problem" applies only when upgrading to a newer release? All I have to do is 'freebsd-update fetch install' to update the base system then 'freebsd-update -b /usr/jail/jail_name fetch install' to update the jails? I hope so because it would be very impressing :) Martin
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