On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:03-0700, Ed Flecko wrote: > My goal is to simply have a production server that's fully patched, > but I will be running custom kernels (which is why I'm not using > freebsd-update). I've seen a lot of subversion references to checking > out the "head" branch and the "stable" branch. > > I understand the "head" branch is the most current, so that's the same > as the "current" branch, right? > > If I understand correctly, "most" people will not follow the "current" > branch for production servers. > > My goal is to have all of the files I need to rebuild my kernel and my > system after security updates have been released, therefore I should > do something like: > > svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/9 /usr/src > > svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/stable/9 /usr/ports
The ports tree resides in ports/head no matter what branch from the main source tree you check out, i.e.: svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head /usr/ports > svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/doc/stable/9 /usr/doc > > This will give me everything I need to recompile and have a fully > patched system, right? > > I do not make changes to the src, ports, or doc directories. From that > point forward, as new security patches are released, I can simply: > > svn up /usr/src > > svn up /usr/ports > > svn up /usr/doc > > and once again rebuild my kernel and system. > > Does this sound correct? Yes. -- +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | Vennlig hilsen, | Best regards, | | Trond Endrestøl, | Trond Endrestøl, | | IT-ansvarlig, | System administrator, | | Fagskolen Innlandet, | Gjøvik Technical College, Norway, | | tlf. mob. 952 62 567, | Cellular...: +47 952 62 567, | | sentralbord 61 14 54 00. | Switchboard: +47 61 14 54 00. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+
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