On 5/31/12 4:30 PM, Adam Strohl wrote: > On 5/31/2012 21:22, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >> On 5/31/12 4:01 PM, Jim Ohlstein wrote: >>> To add others, in no particular order: >>> >>> Ease of upgrade. While some have noted that binary upgrades are easier >>> on Debian, it's far and away superior, IMMHO, to have a locally compiled >>> system. Many Linux distros have no upgrade path short of a wipe and >>> re-install. >>> >> Far superior, check, FAR MORE TIME CONSUMING, check as well ! > > This brings up another point: Repair is always possible with FreeBSD. > > You can back out all packages or types of packages easily (and > re-compile or reinstall them if needed). You can recompile/reinstall > the OS if needed (somewhere else too and copy it over). Or just copy > pieces from a live cd or restore tarball. And it's pretty > straightforward to do even for a non-admin person. > > You can even restore over a live running system with tar, which I do > occasionally when cloning machines or restoring them with dump/restore. > Very slick.
Regarding recovering from blunders, and dump/restore for restoration or even cloning purposes, I also use them and I can advocate the efficiency and usefulness. Regarding packages, I've never really explored it, would you detail a bit ? _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
