Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 16:58:44 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Andrew McNaughton <andrew@squiz.co.nz> Cc: "Michael C. Vergallen" <mvergall@mail.double-barrel.be>, Eddie Irvine <eirvine@tpgi.com.au>, Keith Woodman <keith@lightningweb.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confusion Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9903211657540.10346-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <199903211506.DAA21908@aniwa.sky>
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On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Andrew McNaughton wrote: > > That is what cvs was invented for .. and that I why I switched all my > > machines to FreeBSD when 2.2.6. was released. However I don't just run > > cvs on all those machines I have a dedicated box that cvs's all the code > > and then builds all the code and runs a number off test scripts that test > > all the code used in the production boxes and then sends me a report if > > it fails if not I upgrade the production box by mounting it's hd and do a > > automtic install then I log in to the production box check if any changes > > are required in /etc and reboot the server. My maximum downtime is 5 > > minutes per upgrade unless some hardware goes bad but that is not the > > fault of FreeBSD. > > I wonder if this is generic enough that the script should be part of the > distribution. > > Should FreeBSD be distributing scripts for maintaining build systems, testing > those build systems, and upgrading production systems from them? Already done. "make buildworld" on your build system, and "make installworld" everywhere else. > Andrew McNaughton Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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