On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 06:01:49PM +0100, Graeme Dargie thus spake:
Hello All
I have an issue with freebsd-update, I will back track a few steps to
give you some background as to what I was doing prior to using
freebsd-update.
I have been trying to get half-life dedicated server working
Hello All
I have an issue with freebsd-update, I will back track a few steps to
give you some background as to what I was doing prior to using
freebsd-update.
I have been trying to get half-life dedicated server working on one of
my machines, seemed to install ok from games/linux-steam
On Friday 26 March 2010 11:00:28 am Colin Percival wrote:
I think the best approach towards having FreeBSD Update support for
sparc64 is to get release cross-building working; that way we would
be able to use amd64 hardware, which I think we can safely assume
will continue to be available
John Baldwin wrote:
On Friday 26 March 2010 11:00:28 am Colin Percival wrote:
I think the best approach towards having FreeBSD Update support for
sparc64 is to get release cross-building working; that way we would
be able to use amd64 hardware, which I think we can safely assume
will continue
Hi all,
Marius Strobl wrote:
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 02:11:00PM +, Craig Butler wrote:
World build started on Sat Mar 20 23:34:54 EDT 2010
World build completed on Sun Mar 21 00:50:58 EDT 2010
Can we bend the rules a little ?? Who set the requirement of an hour ?
freebsd-update might
interest in getting this running but the showstopper was that
cperciva@ said that a requirement for any platform supported
by freebsd-update(8) would be that the build server is able
to run buildworld in 1 hour at most (unfortunately I currently
just can't find that email). My 4x1.5GHz V440 I
On 3/24/10 11:38 PM, Marius Strobl wrote:
The last time this topic came up IMO there was quite some
interest in getting this running but the showstopper was that
cperciva@ said that a requirement for any platform supported
by freebsd-update(8) would be that the build server is able
to run
this topic came up IMO there was quite some
interest in getting this running but the showstopper was that
cperciva@ said that a requirement for any platform supported
by freebsd-update(8) would be that the build server is able
to run buildworld in 1 hour at most (unfortunately I currently
just
time is limited, we've never set it up.
The last time this topic came up IMO there was quite some
interest in getting this running but the showstopper was that
cperciva@ said that a requirement for any platform supported
by freebsd-update(8) would be that the build server is able
supported
by freebsd-update(8) would be that the build server is able
to run buildworld in 1 hour at most (unfortunately I currently
just can't find that email). My 4x1.5GHz V440 I originally
intended for this purpose unfortunately still takes 72 minutes
last time I checked. I suspect
I feel that the FreeBSD project doesn't have enough sparc64 build machine.
Is this the reason why binary freebsd-update is not available for
sparc64 arch?
The only methods for upgrading sparc64 are reinstall or build from source?
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You're the first one to ask in a while. Since our userbase is small,
and developer time is limited, we've never set it up.
Right now I'd just be happy if I can get all the major ports to work :-)
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Mark Linimon wrote:
You're the first one to ask in a while. Since our userbase is small,
and developer time is limited, we've never set it up.
Right now I'd just be happy if I can get all the major ports to work :-)
mcl
If I can do something for this project, please tell me what to do :)
I
but the showstopper was that
cperciva@ said that a requirement for any platform supported
by freebsd-update(8) would be that the build server is able
to run buildworld in 1 hour at most (unfortunately I currently
just can't find that email). My 4x1.5GHz V440 I originally
intended for this purpose unfortunately
Hi all,
I've performed system upgrade last night, then I wanted to give a try to
freebsd-update tool. If I understand it correctly, it should fetch only
updates to my currently working system (unless -r option was given). But
now it insists to upgrade my 6.4-p9 system to 6.4-p9 system:
k2
Hi,
I have experienced this when you use csup to sync your sources. You have to use
one or other but not twice.
There is a difference of the date on the files, because freebsd-update patches
are created before the CVS commits are done.
see this thread on FreeBSD Forums :
http
That handbook section is where I read:
The default is to update the source code, the entire base
system, and the kernel.
First, freebsd-update tool sync the source.
And in fact much of the /usr/src/ does contain source
code.
/usr/src/sys/ subdirectories seem populated, and some
Please read the handbook section related to the FreeBSD update tool
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html
freebsd-update is a binary update tool, so you haven't got anything to rebuild,
except your custom kernel (if you are using one
On 2010-03-14 05:39, Alexandre L. wrote:
Please read the handbook section related to the FreeBSD update tool
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html
freebsd-update is a binary update tool, so you haven't got anything to rebuild,
except
Hello,
I have been using freebsd-update to update several 7.1 systems.
The default freebsd-update.conf contains:
Components src world kernel
Recently while trying to build sendmail to enable SASL I ran into errors:
host# cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail
host# make depend
make: don't know how
On Mar 13, 2010, at 7:37 PM, johnea wrote:
I have been using freebsd-update to update several 7.1 systems.
[ ... ]
How can I build the source updated by freebsd-update?
freebsd-update provides a binary update mechanism.
It doesn't do anything to update the source files; if you choose
On 2010-03-13 19:58, Chuck Swiger wrote:
freebsd-update provides a binary update mechanism.
It doesn't do anything to update the source files; if you choose to rebuild
from source, use cvsup/csup/svn; you will normally get a -STABLE system from
the build cycle, and not a -RELEASE system
I've also seem other references indicate that the source downloaded by
freebsd-update
could be patched and installed.
If you list src component, evidently freebsd-update claims to update /usr/src.
I suspect that if you've updated src via one of the other methods, it won't
figure out how
Hi !
I have a question about using freebsd-update IDS command.
what is the correct way to specify 'the known good index of the
installed release' ?
I would like to compare an installed system with the(its) original
released CD.
Thanks
d
Ref:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query
daniele gl...@live.com writes:
Hi !
I have a question about using freebsd-update IDS command.
what is the correct way to specify 'the known good index of the
installed release' ?
I would like to compare an installed system with the(its) original
released CD.
Although not an avid freebsd
and kernel on this system is a 5 hour process, I would very much
like to use freebsd-update and I wanted someone to clarify the
utility's behaviour. If I run freebsd-update on this system, what will
it do when it detects that the bootloader binaries do not match those
of stock 8.0-RELEASE? Will it:
1
then
that, the system is using stock 8.0 binaries. Since fully rebuilding
world and kernel on this system is a 5 hour process, I would very much
like to use freebsd-update and I wanted someone to clarify the
utility's behaviour. If I run freebsd-update on this system, what will
it do when it detects
then
that, the system is using stock 8.0 binaries. Since fully rebuilding
world and kernel on this system is a 5 hour process, I would very much
like to use freebsd-update and I wanted someone to clarify the
utility's behaviour. If I run freebsd-update on this system, what will
it do when it detects
that myself, and I have written an article on it. It is also
pending a commit to the FreeBSD Documentation Project.
http://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/OS/Unix/BSD/FreeBSD/Build-Your-Own-FreeBSD-Update-Server.html
Hope this is helpful,
Jason
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:46:38AM +0100, Andreas
On 16 February 2010 18:22, Steve Franks bahamasfra...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Peter Kirk pete...@korbitec.com wrote:
Updating freebsd 7.2 to 8 and fan the following command
freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.0-RELEASE
Everything goes through fine but then it gets
Updating freebsd 7.2 to 8 and fan the following command
freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.0-RELEASE
Everything goes through fine but then it gets to a point and its says
The following file could not be merged automatically: /etc/amd.map
Press Enter to edit this file in vi and resolve the conflicts
Hello,
I have a need to ship updates to a customized freebsd install, and thought
that freebsd-update could serve me. However
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/projects/freebsd-update-server/ is
rather old and misses amd64 builds. There must be newer code around since
freebsd-update can
Updating freebsd 7.2 to 8 and fan the following command
freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.0-RELEASE
Everything goes through fine but then it gets to a point and its says
The following file could not be merged automatically: /etc/amd.map
Press Enter to edit this file in vi and resolve the conflicts
/Unix/BSD/FreeBSD/Build-Your-Own-FreeBSD-Update-Server.html
Hope this is helpful,
Jason
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:46:38AM +0100, Andreas Nilsson thus spake:
Hello,
I have a need to ship updates to a customized freebsd install, and thought
that freebsd-update could serve me. However
http
Search the list archives for emails pertaining to mergemaster.rc - it
worked wonders for me!
Steve
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Peter Kirk pete...@korbitec.com wrote:
Updating freebsd 7.2 to 8 and fan the following command
freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.0-RELEASE
Everything goes through
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 03:47:51PM +, Marwan Sultan thus spake:
This is a lesson for me and everyone to never run freebsd-update on a custom
kernel
I run FreeBSD on a custom kernel, and do binary updates. However, I can do
this because I run my own update server. So all kernels
Hello FreeBSD people.
i'm on FreeBSD 7.2-R p4
I just applied :
# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install
with no problems
After i restarted the server
i lost my ssh connection, server went down!
I have contacted the hosting company, and after investigation
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:31:13 +, Marwan Sultan dead_l...@hotmail.com wrote:
i'm on FreeBSD 7.2-R p4
I just applied :
# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install
with no problems
Later you mentioned that you run a custom kernel,
especially for inclusion of quota. When using the
freebsd
Hi Poly,
Its very short story,
my system is on FreeBSD 7.2- P4
and everything works great. Yes I have custom kernel, mainly for quotas.
I have run freebsd-update fetch and install, I forgot its only for generic
kernel.
However, after the freebsd-update fetch/install done, i
error? The setting in rc.conf
is defaultrouter=... - routeR.
But eventho it shouldnot touch rc.conf right?
Correct. The rc.conf file is one of the few ones that
shouldn't be in the scope of freebsd-update or mergemaster
(if you update by source).
my rc.local now has
route add default 66
will today use the ordiary freebsd update (csup) and see if this will fix
what
freebsd-update broke- and will update this list.
This is a lesson for me and everyone to never run freebsd-update on a custom
kernel
system, however It shouldnot produce such problem. (i think)
Thank you
this?
Thank's in advance for any advice.
2009/11/27 S4mmael s4mm...@gmail.com:
Thank you.
2009/11/26 Alexandre L. axel...@ymail.com:
Hi,
I paste this link where Colin Percival explain who to use the tool
freebsd-update with custom kernel. But I think that same thing as been
written
Hi maillist.
After applying non kernel-level patch set via freebsd-update my system after
rebooting show FreeBSD 8.0 version, not 8.0-p1. New instance of freebsd-update
check system again by checksum and show that system is already patched as -p1.
With updating i see changing of file
Hi all!
I've got a problem while upgrading FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p3 - FreeBSD
8.0-RELESE with freebsd-update(8).
First of all I made a copy of the most configuration files. Then I made:
# freebsd-update -r 8.0-RELEASE upgrade
All went good, except the message, that because of MYKERNEL kernel
On Thursday 26 November 2009 14:32:01 S4mmael wrote:
Hi all!
I've got a problem while upgrading FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p3 - FreeBSD
8.0-RELESE with freebsd-update(8).
First of all I made a copy of the most configuration files. Then I made:
# freebsd-update -r 8.0-RELEASE upgrade
All went
Hi,
I paste this link where Colin Percival explain who to use the tool
freebsd-update with custom kernel. But I think that same thing as been written
in the handbook.
http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=30920postcount=9
--- En date de : Jeu 26.11.09, S4mmael s4mm...@gmail.com a écrit
I just updated to 8.0-RELEASE with freebsd-update.
I ran:
# freebsd-update -r 8.0-RELEASE upgrade
merge config files
# freebsd-update install
I was told to reboot and run freebsd-update install again to complete the
process.
I rebooted into single user mode, mounted /usr and /var and somehow
On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:49:44 +, cali clarke xorquew...@googlemail.com
wrote:
What's the quickest and cleanest way out of this mess?
You can install the base system from the FreeBSD 8.0-RC
CD-ROM. This should give you a working system again.
Keep an eye on NOT formatting anything.
Using a
The installer eventually worked on the sixth attempt (I had to use the CD
to load the kernel and then yank the CD out amongst streams of
READ_TIMED_OUT errors).
May have made things worse, however.
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On Wed 2009-11-11 12:35:55 UTC-0600, Jason Fried (r...@churchofbsd.org) wrote:
I have a fairly old install and not much room on my ROOT is there a way to
prevent freebsd-update from installing .symbols files.
In /etc/freebsd-update.conf:
IgnorePaths /boot/kernel/*.symbols
From reading
I have a fairly old install and not much room on my ROOT is there a way to
prevent freebsd-update from installing .symbols files.
Thanks,
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Whether there is a method of reception of the list of the releases
accessible to updating through freebsd-update(8)? For example, if open
http://update5.freebsd.org catalogs to-N.M-RELEASE\* are visible -
where it is possible to be updated. But it well thanking for Indexes
options on the WEB
2009/9/20 Fernando Apesteguía fernando.apesteg...@gmail.com:
Hi all,
I'm having some problems trying to update from FreeBSD 8.0 Beta1 to 8.0 Beta4.
I upgraded from 7.2 to beta1 some time ago, using freebsd-update
without problems. Later
I did the same thing to reach beta2. Yesterday I tried
Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
2009/9/20 Fernando Apesteguía fernando.apesteg...@gmail.com:
Hi all,
I'm having some problems trying to update from FreeBSD 8.0 Beta1 to 8.0
Beta4.
I upgraded from 7.2 to beta1 some time ago, using freebsd-update
without problems. Later
I did the same thing
Hi all,
I'm having some problems trying to update from FreeBSD 8.0 Beta1 to 8.0 Beta4.
I upgraded from 7.2 to beta1 some time ago, using freebsd-update
without problems. Later
I did the same thing to reach beta2. Yesterday I tried it to get to
beta3 but I have a bunch
of errors like this one
No worries, all. I've managed to get this to work, and have a working
internal freebsd-update server.
With some help from Colin, I've realized a couple of things that needed to
be changed for my setup to work. In regards to the amd64 build I was doing,
it was missing some kernel sources
On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 05:26:13 +
Eitan Adler eitanadlerl...@gmail.com wrote:
When I try to update to 8.0-BETA3
Try Beta4 instead.
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2009-September/051801.html
Andreas
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When I try to update to 8.0-BETA3 using freebsd-update I get a gunzip
problem like: metadata iscorrupt
I tried to remove /var/db/freebsd-update/files/* but I get the same
error message
Is this a client side problem or a server problem?
If the former how do I fix
Hi,
I am wondering if anyone has attempted to mirror the freebsd-update server?
Thanks,
Jason
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From: Eitan Adler eitanadlerl...@gmail.com
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 6:48 PM
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: freebsd-update to -BETA2 p1
AlphaBeta# freebsd-update fetch install
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors
AlphaBeta# freebsd-update fetch install
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 8.0-BETA2 from update5.FreeBSD.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Preparing to download files... done.
No updates needed
Does anyone have any thoughts, or experience in using the
freebsd-update-server code?
Thanks,
Jason
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 09:24:52AM -0700, Jason thus spake:
Hi.
The freebsd-update-server project software hasn't been updated for 7,2,
but after making a couple of simple modifications
Hi.
The freebsd-update-server project software hasn't been updated for 7,2,
but after making a couple of simple modifications, it seems to work rather well.
I am close, but not quiet smoking the cigar of triumph, yet.
When it initially builds, I get this error in the output:
Fri Aug 7 18
I thought I'd give freebsd-update a try since I run a GENERIC kernel.
mobius# freebsd-update -s update.freebsd.org fetch
Looking up update.freebsd.org mirrors... none found.
Fetching public key from update.freebsd.org... failed.
No mirrors remaining, giving up.
Thinking perhaps a networking
Hi Richard,
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Richard Mahlerweinmahle...@yahoo.com wrote:
I thought I'd give freebsd-update a try since I run a GENERIC kernel.
mobius# freebsd-update -s update.freebsd.org fetch
Looking up update.freebsd.org mirrors... none found.
Fetching public key from
--- On Sat, 8/8/09, Glen Barber glen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Glen Barber glen.j.bar...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Freebsd-update question
To: mahle...@yahoo.com
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 10:20 AM
Hi Richard,
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:16 AM
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Richard Mahlerweinmahle...@yahoo.com wrote:
I thought I'd give freebsd-update a try since I run a
GENERIC kernel.
mobius# freebsd-update -s update.freebsd.org fetch
Looking up update.freebsd.org mirrors... none found.
Fetching public key from
On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 07:16:15 -0700 (PDT)
Richard Mahlerwein mahle...@yahoo.com wrote:
I thought I'd give freebsd-update a try since I run a GENERIC kernel.
mobius# freebsd-update -s update.freebsd.org fetch
Looking up update.freebsd.org mirrors... none found.
Fetching public key from
[random snippage all over]
From: Glen Barber glen.j.bar...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Freebsd-update question
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:25 AM,
Richard Mahlerweinmahle...@yahoo.com
wrote:
mobius# freebsd-update -s update.freebsd.org fetch
Looking up update.freebsd.org mirrors... none
From: RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com
Subject: Re: Freebsd-update question
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 11:46 AM
On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 07:16:15 -0700
(PDT)
Richard Mahlerwein mahle...@yahoo.com
wrote:
I thought I'd give freebsd-update a try since I run
Thanks for the help, I figured out the [likely] answer and included it at the
bottom.
--- On Sat, 8/8/09, Richard Mahlerwein mahle...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Richard Mahlerwein mahle...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Freebsd-update question
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Date: Saturday, August 8
On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:14:10 -0700 (PDT)
Richard Mahlerwein mahle...@yahoo.com wrote:
mobius# dig +short _http._tcp.update.freebsd.org srv
(returns nothing)
This is typically either due either to broken SRV support in DNS, or
the absence of full dns on a private network behind proxies. Perhaps
--- On Sat, 8/8/09, RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com wrote:
From: RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com
Subject: Re: Freebsd-update question
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 4:59 PM
On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:14:10 -0700
(PDT)
Richard Mahlerwein mahle...@yahoo.com
wrote
Richard Mahlerwein wrote:
[snip]
I currently have my little westell DSL router set to be my DNS for all my
boxes behind it. While a neat little box, it has its issues from time to
time. Should I at least point my DNS to the DNS it uses to save an extra
relay?
Depends. I don't know if the
Evening folks... have just built up a new 7.0-RELEASE box, and have gone to
update it to 7.0-RELEASEp11, however, whenever I run freebsd-update fetch I get
the following:
bigsis2# freebsd-update fetch
Looking up update1.FreeBSD.org mirrors... none found.
Fetching metadata signature for 7.0
On Sunday 02 August 2009 16:10:37 Tom Mende wrote:
Is there a way to get freebsd-update to keep userland sources up to
date?
Since it is for binary upgrades, it doesn't make much sense, but ...
By way of background, I am trying not to use csup / cvsup and like
processes as their past
On Sunday 02 August 2009 16:10:37 Tom Mende wrote:
Is there a way to get freebsd-update to keep userland sources up to
date?
Yes. If you have source code installed (for the right version of FreeBSD)
in /usr/src, then freebsd-update will keep it updated.
(Slight complication: Because freebsd
Is there a way to get freebsd-update to keep userland sources up to
date?
I had thought that having src, world and kernel as components in the
freebsd-update.conf file would do this but it doesn't seem to. Do I
just add usr.bin and usr.sbin to the components list in the conf file
and run
2009/8/2 Tom Mende tme...@optusnet.com.au:
Is there a way to get freebsd-update to keep userland sources up to date?
I had thought that having src, world and kernel as components in the
freebsd-update.conf file would do this but it doesn't seem to. Do I just add
usr.bin and usr.sbin
Embarrassingly simple actually. I configured a new server from a 7.0 CD I made a
while back, brought the system to 7.1 the regular way and ran freebsd-update.
The embarrassing part is I took little note of the fetch output other than 24
files were updated. Can I find out which 24?
As always
freebsd-update fetch
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 7.2-RELEASE from update5.FreeBSD.org...
done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Preparing to download files... done.
No updates needed to update system to 7.2
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Predrag Aleksicape...@gmail.com wrote:
freebsd-update fetch
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 7.2-RELEASE from update5.FreeBSD.org...
done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Inspecting system... done
On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 11:36 -0400, John Nielsen wrote:
On Wednesday 29 July 2009 11:31:51 Glen Barber wrote:
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Predrag Aleksicape...@gmail.com wrote:
freebsd-update fetch
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata
On Wednesday 29 July 2009 11:31:51 Glen Barber wrote:
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Predrag Aleksicape...@gmail.com wrote:
freebsd-update fetch
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 7.2-RELEASE from update5.FreeBSD.org...
done
Hello,
I have previously kept my machine updated by fetching the STABLE branch
using csup and rebuilding the kernel. (As described in Handbook chapter
24.7)
From now on, I want to use freebsd-update to simplify the process and
follow the RELEASE branch (+patches) instead.
But it seems
Axel wrote:
From now on, I want to use freebsd-update to simplify the process and
follow the RELEASE branch (+patches) instead.
But it seems that freebsd-update cannot help me upgrade from 7.1-STABLE
to 7.2-RELEASE.
Any tips on how to make the transition to RELEASE?
You must use CVSup
Axel wrote:
Hello,
I have previously kept my machine updated by fetching the STABLE branch
using csup and rebuilding the kernel. (As described in Handbook chapter
24.7)
From now on, I want to use freebsd-update to simplify the process and
follow the RELEASE branch (+patches) instead
Axel wrote:
Hello,
I have previously kept my machine updated by fetching the STABLE
branch using csup and rebuilding the kernel. (As described in Handbook
chapter 24.7)
From now on, I want to use freebsd-update to simplify the process and
follow the RELEASE branch (+patches) instead
I noticed that on my amd64 systems almost all of /bin, /sbin, /lib, /
usr/bin, etc had changed from 7.2-RELEASE-p1 to 7.2-RELEASE-p2. On my
i386 only some network drivers, libc and rescue files were updated.
Is this normal? Before installing the update I made a copy of the
files, and it looks
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Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone has successfully setup an internal freebsd-update
mirror server for binary updates?
I see there is a project for freebsd-update-server, but I see it hasn't been
fully tested on amd64. I was also curious, if anyone has tested this on
amd64, and if so what
Hi,
I have just started getting into the realm of kernel building, and I have a
question in so far as upgrades.
Is it possible to do a freebsd-update fetch then install, reboot, and then
install again to get to the latest release you want to run?
Update /usr/src with sources and build a kernel
Hi, Jason
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Jasonjhelf...@e-e.com wrote:
Hi,
I have just started getting into the realm of kernel building, and I have a
question in so far as upgrades.
Is it possible to do a freebsd-update fetch then install, reboot, and then
install again to get
On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Jason wrote:
Hi,
I have just started getting into the realm of kernel building, and I have
a question in so far as upgrades.
Is it possible to do a freebsd-update fetch then install, reboot, and then
install again to get to the latest release you want to run?
Update /usr
Hello,
I've got an older machine running 7.0. I ran freebsd-update upgrade
on it to update it to 7.2, aftetr two reboots i'm still seeing 7.0 in the
uname -r output. I did not get any errors during the download or
installation of patches.
Is this a recommended upgrade path?
Thanks
Dave wrote:
Hello,
I've got an older machine running 7.0. I ran freebsd-update upgrade
on it to update it to 7.2, aftetr two reboots i'm still seeing 7.0 in the
uname -r output. I did not get any errors during the download or
installation of patches.
The syntax for upgrading
Ch 24 updating and upgrading freebsd in the handbook says:
The freebsd-update utility can automatically update a GENERIC kernel
only. If a custom kernel is in use, it will have to be rebuilt and
reinstalled. However, freebsd-update will detect and update the GENERIC
kernel in /boot/GENERIC
I've been trying every few days to update from 7.1-P5 to 7.2 using
freebsd-update. It always goes as follows:
statler # freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.2-RELEASE
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 6 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 7.1-RELEASE from update5.FreeBSD.org... done
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