freebsd 9.2 via svn

2013-08-18 Thread John
Hello list,

Is it safe to start using 9.2 in the svn repos? I have a line like
this in a daily crontab:

svn co svn://svn.us-east.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.1 /usr/src

Can I change that 9.1 to 9.2 now, or should I wait? I aim to follow
9.2-R with security updates.

thanks,
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Re: freebsd 9.2 via svn

2013-08-18 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 02:28:25 +0100, John wrote:
 Is it safe to start using 9.2 in the svn repos? I have a line like
 this in a daily crontab:
 
 svn co svn://svn.us-east.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.1 /usr/src
 
 Can I change that 9.1 to 9.2 now, or should I wait? I aim to follow
 9.2-R with security updates.

9.2-RELEASE hasn't been released yet. :-)

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.2R/schedule.html

If you don't use a custom kernel, why not use freebsd-update
and follow the 9.2-RELEASE path with the security updates?




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Re: freebsd 9.2 via svn

2013-08-18 Thread John
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 04:17:02AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:

 9.2-RELEASE hasn't been released yet. :-)

well yes, there is that I suppose ;)

 If you don't use a custom kernel, why not use freebsd-update
 and follow the 9.2-RELEASE path with the security updates?

Not sure if this is logic or religon, but freebsd-update makes me
nervous. I'm allergic to automatic anything unless I've written it. The only
times I've run generic is when installing a new system, to see what I
need and what I don't. Maybe I'm just old.

thanks for the input,
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Re: freebsd 9.2 via svn

2013-08-18 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 04:22:15 +0100, John wrote:
  If you don't use a custom kernel, why not use freebsd-update
  and follow the 9.2-RELEASE path with the security updates?
 
 Not sure if this is logic or religon, but freebsd-update makes me
 nervous. I'm allergic to automatic anything unless I've written it. The only
 times I've run generic is when installing a new system, to see what I
 need and what I don't. Maybe I'm just old.

You demonstrated a valid argument for building from source.
Using freebsd-update, a binary method is used for updating
the _default_ system and the GENERIC kernel. If you have
custom settings and therefore _intend_ to build from source,
changing the version in your svn co command to the new
-RELEASE-pX branch (security update branch) is safe.

I've been using a similar approach with CVS to follow the
-STABLE branch with a custom kernel and custom settings for
building the system. If this makes me old, I should deserve
several birthday parties per year. ;-)



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