Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 19:40:49 -0500 From: Brandon J. Wandersee <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> To: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Questions about freebsd-update Message-ID: <86egkjeb1q.fsf@WorkBox.Home> In-Reply-To: <559C6B73.8050509@sneakertech.com> References: <559C6B73.8050509@sneakertech.com>
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Quartz writes: > Have a couple odd situations I need to work around. I'm wondering if > anyone can help me answer the following questions about updating: > > 1) How do I get a list of available updates for a system WITHOUT > actually downloading anything or writing any files to disk? > > 2) How do I get freebsd-update to install only specific patches or > updates instead of everything? > > 3) How do I (or even can I) manually download patches onto a usb drive > and then install them onto a machine that has no internet connection? > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I honestly don't know much about freebsd-update, but near as I can tell it's more a convenience than a fully formed system administration tool. The best way to get more fine-grained control over system updates is to build the base system from source, which leaves you with dozens of options for how to manage updates and which components to include. Control and immediate convenience rarely go together. -- ================================================================= :: Brandon Wandersee :: :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: ================================================================== 'A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.' - Douglas Adams ==================================================================
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