Hello! On Fri Dec 06, 2002 at 02:32:40PM +1100, Aristedes Maniatis wrote: > I'm new here, and I've been lurking to look for answers. You seem like > a friendly bunch, so I'll ask my question. > > It appears that there are two strategies for updating FreeBSD systems: > > * cvsup the latest STABLE release on a regular basis > * get the CD release (4.6, 4.7, etc) snapshots periodically and update > from that either with binaries or compiled from source > > I am curious about what most people do. For a server where stability is > important, I obviously don't want to buildworld once a week, but it is > also important to keep on top of bug reports and security holes.
I can't speak for most people, however I can say that I mostly use
cvsup + buildworld to maintain my system.
> I am already using cvsup with the ports tree and it works really
> nicely, giving me the choice of what to update and when. Am I right in
> saying that the base FreeBSD install can work the same way?
Similarly, yes.
> I guess what makes more more confused is figuring out what is part of
> "FreeBSD" and what is part of the ports. Some things seem to be both:
> eg. perl and bind. Is there a map somewhere that sets this out clearly?
Yes. I guess you could say that everything that is in /usr/src is part
of *base*, with all source code included, and all that is in
/usr/ports is part of The Ports Collection (c).
Also note that the ports collection doesn't usually carry the source
code of the software in itself, but rather a framework of how to fetch
compile and install that software, in opposition with the base system
that doesn't need to fetch anything since the source code is already
in there.
> Does everything which is a port get installed in /usr/local?
Yes.
> I'm having some problems getting the kernel to compile (errors in
> "/usr/src/sys/modules/linux") and I suspect that the problem may be due
> to this lack of understanding about which source trees live where.
I guess the standard answer here is:
1- re-cvsup and try again
2- I need more details: your cvsup config file, your kernel config,
the complete error message, etc.
Cheers!
A.
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