Re: What is proper process for source installs?
On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 10:21:34PM -0600, Peter Steele thus spake: Ah, you _probably_ want to do 'make release' -- I have no experience with this however to be much more help if that _is_ what you need. Didn't know about that one. I'll have to check it out--thanks. I started out doing this a couple of months ago, and the project has been a wealth of experience and knowledge, to say the least. Once you are able to do manage building a release, you can actually build your own update server and distribute binary updates on your custom kernel. :) -jgh ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: What is proper process for source installs?
I started out doing this a couple of months ago, and the project has been a wealth of experience and knowledge, to say the least. Once you are able to do manage building a release, you can actually build your own update server and distribute binary updates on your custom kernel. Hmm, interesting. We'll have numerous customers in the field running our custom BSD image. We have a plan in place on how to distribute updates, but not through this concept of an update server. Might be worth checking it out. Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: What is proper process for source installs?
Hi, and so on. So it's safe to say just merging the trees like this isn't the way to go. What is the proper process to finish a bsd image after installworld and installkernel is done? Not sure what you are trying to do, but usually you better follow the instructions from /usr/src/UPDATING. By the way, I beleive a good part of /etc is installed/reinstalled by a make installworld and/or mergemaster. Best regards, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: What is proper process for source installs?
Hi, On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Olivier Nicole olivier.nic...@cs.ait.ac.th wrote: Hi, and so on. So it's safe to say just merging the trees like this isn't the way to go. What is the proper process to finish a bsd image after installworld and installkernel is done? Not sure what you are trying to do, but usually you better follow the instructions from /usr/src/UPDATING. +1 By the way, I beleive a good part of /etc is installed/reinstalled by a make installworld and/or mergemaster. Configuration files are untouched by 'installworld'. I've found on systems with major /etc/* changes, the following is the path of least resistance, quickest, and best at providing a backup plan before running mergemaster: # cd / # tar cvvf `hostname`.etcbak.tar etc # mv etc /somewhere/safe # mergemaster -iFUP You can also set IGNORE_FILES in /etc/mergemaster.rc. mergemaster(8) for more information on that. Regards, -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: What is proper process for source installs?
Ugh, I hate simple typos... On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Glen Barber glen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote: # mv etc /somewhere/safe Should be: # mv `hostname`.etcbak.tar /somewhere/safe -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: What is proper process for source installs?
By the way, I beleive a good part of /etc is installed/reinstalled by a make installworld and/or mergemaster. I should have clarified my scenario better. I am building a BSD image from scratch, as part of an automated process. I am not updating an existing system. I had been doing this by installing the base collection, plus our custom kernel (as well as man pages and various packages). Now that we are also building world, I don't need to install the base collection from the binary release. At least not everything in it. What *do* I need? Obviously etc and the copyright notice. Anything else? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: What is proper process for source installs?
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Peter Steele pste...@maxiscale.com wrote: By the way, I beleive a good part of /etc is installed/reinstalled by a make installworld and/or mergemaster. I should have clarified my scenario better. I am building a BSD image from scratch, as part of an automated process. I am not updating an existing system. I had been doing this by installing the base collection, plus our custom kernel (as well as man pages and various packages). Now that we are also building world, I don't need to install the base collection from the binary release. At least not everything in it. What *do* I need? Obviously etc and the copyright notice. Anything else? Ah, you _probably_ want to do 'make release' -- I have no experience with this however to be much more help if that _is_ what you need. -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: What is proper process for source installs?
Ah, you _probably_ want to do 'make release' -- I have no experience with this however to be much more help if that _is_ what you need. Didn't know about that one. I'll have to check it out--thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
