Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:33:22 -0600 (CST) From: Mark Hittinger <bugs@pu.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: update strategies Message-ID: <200212061933.gB6JXNfj064196@p233.pu.net>
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Doing cvsups without builds/installs gets your source tree out of sync with your binaries. On -current this can cause trouble if the tree gets more buggy than normal and you have to do some debugging work. On -stable its probably not as large a concern but suppose you build a kernel that works, do cvsup's for a few weeks, and then build another kernel that doesn't work. You fall back to kernel.old. Then you find out it is really important to build a new kernel for some reason, i.e., new device or security alert - but you can't because of temporary bogosity of the -stable/-current tree. If you are a cvs wizard you can roll back but its certainly a lot easier to just leave things in sync. Its also worth thinking about your backups and when you cvsup. I mirror my system disks prior to cvsup so that the backup has binaries/sources in sync. Again, this is much more important to do on -current because you never know. :-) - but still worth doing on -stable. Later Mark Hittinger bugs@pu.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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