On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Damien Fleuriot <m...@my.gd> wrote: > > > On 5/31/12 1:20 PM, Claus Guttesen wrote: >>>>> A regular debian update is 5 minutes + reboot >>>>> A regular FBSD update is about 1.5 hour + 3 reboots (after >>>>> installkernel, installworld, rebuild of ports) >>>> >>>> But how often do you need to >>> >>> As a matter of fact, too often, that's te problem. >>> >>> We have > 800 servers and I can't argue that debian's update process is >>> much simpler and faster. >> >> Take a look at freebsd-update: >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html. >> This tracks release. >> > > As I just replied to an off-list mail, we can't use binary upgrades because: > > > 1/ we use custom kernels with a lot of the stuff stripped > > 2/ we pass custom options to ports, which excludes pre-compiled packages > > 3/ we don't track release, I'm trying to move our boxes away from it so > we can get faster patches, we track 8-STABLE on most boxes
Make your own freebsd-update server and build whatever custom system you need. It does not need to be a GENERIC kernel. It does not need to be RELEASE.Then use freebsd-update to update all of your production systems with a single reboot and about 15 minutes (depending on system and disk speed and I have not actually timed it).and it can be done without console access or a single-user boot. Caveats: Systems must be updated from a version the server knows to a version the server knows; both kernel and world. Major version bumps may require re-installation of ports. Security ports and minor updates are trivial. Grenada? -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ 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"
