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Date:      Sat, 20 Jan 2001 09:08:22 -0500
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I am confused about tracking stable
Message-ID:  <3A699BD6.71986D2D@mail.iowna.com>
References:  <14953.14800.302302.403387@guru.mired.org>

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Mike Meyer wrote:
> 
> Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com> types:
> > The reason I use it is for updating my production servers. I have a test
> > machine that I update to the latest -STABLE, and then test for a week.
> > If everything goes fine, I then upgrade any production servers I want to
> > upgrade to that EXACT version that I tested (using date tags.) Paranoid,
> > I know, but I'm too lazy to fix things after the fact.
> 
> I think that's intelligent, not paranoid. However, I wonder about
> using cvsup and date tags to update the other systems. Wouldn't it be
> a little easier/faster/etc. to do the nfs buildworld/installworld
> split thing that's been discussed here, or rdist the source tree from
> the test machine to the other machines?

Yes, that's planned soon. Just haven't had time to set it up yet.

-Bill


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