Sorry, sent it to this same email originally, on to the list... ----- Start Forwarded Message ----- Sent: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 17:33:31 -0800 (PST) From: "Jeffrey Bouquet" <jbt...@iherebuywisely.com> To: "jbtakk" <jbt...@iherebuywisely.com> Subject: Re: UPDATING revision and seperate edge-case question(s)
Just for completeness, the buildworld draft section I wrote below..., three were missing at least... though still a rough draft... Approximately seven lines added/revised... On Sat, 12 Mar 2016 08:10:22 -0800 (PST), "Jeffrey Bouquet" <jbt...@iherebuywisely.com> wrote: > Having unexpectedly built world and kernel GENERIC on 3-8 Current, that is not > the principal system [1] ... browsing its UPDATING at the bottom the > method(s) are > not so precise and/or informative [follows...] > > [make world] > make kernel > installworld > .... where is installkernel > > make buildworld > make kernel > mm... > make installworld > mm... > .... where is installkernel > > but in motd where I save howtos > > backups > check nosuid gone > make buildworld > make buildkernel > single user > mm... [take good notes] > installworld > > ... and for a lack of time, have to put it all on paper (several draft > revisions > within motd ) > > and in another /usr/src-old > READ UPDATING > svn sources > move make.conf > check nosuid > buildworld COMPARE NEWEST GENERIC WITH PRIOR GENERIC IF CUSTOM AND/OR NOT KERNEL > buildkernel [ compare GENERICS assumed], add compatN etc > installkernel sh /usr/src/usr.sbin/mergemaster/mergemaster -vipPc (-F?) # revised > reboot single-user (yet) mount -t ufs -u -o rw /dev/gpt/label / (or whatever) # new mount -va #new df # new > installworld > another mergemaster if necc # revised > install newly needed compatNif necc. > yes | make delete-old # > revised yes | make delete-old-libs # revised > restore nosuid > restore make.conf > rebuild nvidia-driver etc if necc. > > AND steps I often take that I've not listed... # some in > revision > > So, the latter example is more complete than the ones before it > However, I think other things may be missing # see > revisions for example > what if it should include a 2a.... make distribution 2b... make release etc > which I have no > experience with... > > / end of requested another section in UPDATING with commented more-complete > steps from > someone with more knowledge than I... > ............................. > [1] > > Edge case... > buildworld/kernel on another machine that is/was backup except that it ran > out of space > on a few filesystems, so is NOT backup... > wishing for a foolproof method to script its expected > installkernel/installworld onto an > attached main-os disk, something with rsync... to expedite recovery from the > main-os > disk installworld that fails at some point midway, meaning > directory-by-directory fixes > using cp, gcp, rsync until the hosed installworld is usable again (I've done > it before, that > is why I am asking for a feature that will preclude the installworld failure, > something like > /work/ /stage/ in ports, where the /stage-installworld/ has been tested every > which way > so that if the stage-installworld completes, the regular installworld is > guaranteed to > complete. > Seeming about a half-years work on someone's part, just adding this edge case > in > case someone has perchance crafted something similar, would jumpstart > something > similar as a feature, and/or explain an equivalent methodology, to increase > the > reliability of updating a system, say upon a critical security advisory > happening to > every os on the web all at once... > > ................................... > ASKING NO RESPONSE to this email to here, do not wish to waste anyone's time, > just > to put forth a few ideas... > .......................... > Thanks for reading. > > J. Bouquet > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ----- End Forwarded Message ----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
