Re: rsync vs installworld

2003-10-20 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 10:16:54AM -1000, Clifton Royston wrote: Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:28:27 -0600 (MDT) From: M. Warner Losh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: rsync vs installworld Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm contemplating a binary distribution system for some systems that I

Re: rsync vs installworld

2003-10-20 Thread Colin Percival
At 09:19 20/10/2003 +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 10:16:54AM -1000, Clifton Royston wrote: In our case we have already built a simple framework for distributing FreeBSD binary packages built within the ports system

Re: rsync vs installworld

2003-10-20 Thread Helge Oldach
M. Warner Losh: I'm contemplating a binary distribution system for some systems that I have. I'm ignoring kernel updates for the moment, and concentrating on userland deployment. I'm thinking of doing something like: make buildworld make installworld DESTDIR=/big/disk/freebsd/image make

Re: rsync vs installworld

2003-10-20 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 07:41:51AM +0100, Colin Percival wrote: At 09:19 20/10/2003 +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 10:16:54AM -1000, Clifton Royston wrote: In our case we have already built a simple framework for distributing FreeBSD binary packages built within the

Re: rsync vs installworld

2003-10-20 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Helge Oldach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : Rsync doesn't deal with file flags (chflags(2)). Thus my personal : preference for updating machines is making installworld on a file system : exported by the build server. I'm looking for ways to avoid having NFS

Re: rsync vs installworld

2003-10-20 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], M. Warner Losh writes: In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Helge Oldach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : Rsync doesn't deal with file flags (chflags(2)). Thus my personal : preference for updating machines is making installworld on a file system : exported by the

Re: rsync vs installworld

2003-10-20 Thread Dmitry Morozovsky
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Peter Pentchev wrote: [snip] PP make buildworld PP make installworld DESTDIR=/big/disk/freebsd/image PP make mergemaster -D /big/disk/freebsd/mergemaster PP PP And then on each machine I want to update I'd do something like: PP PP sudo rsync --exclude etc

Re: rsync vs installworld

2003-10-20 Thread Dmitry Morozovsky
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote: MWL In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MWL Helge Oldach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: MWL : Rsync doesn't deal with file flags (chflags(2)). Thus my personal MWL : preference for updating machines is making installworld on a file system MWL : exported

Re: rsync vs installworld

2003-10-20 Thread Colin Percival
At 13:42 20/10/2003 +0400, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: Nope, because: - security/freebsd-update does not handle ports at all - it is only for security branches and so does not fit in the case of locally patched system Local patches aren't a problem, actually -- regardless of what I may advertise,

Re: rsync vs installworld

2003-10-20 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dmitry Morozovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote: : : MWL In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : MWL Helge Oldach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : MWL : Rsync doesn't deal with file flags (chflags(2)). Thus my

Re: rsync vs installworld

2003-10-20 Thread Dmitry Morozovsky
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote: MWL : MWL : Rsync doesn't deal with file flags (chflags(2)). Thus my personal MWL : MWL : preference for updating machines is making installworld on a file system MWL : MWL : exported by the build server. MWL : MWL MWL : MWL I'm looking for ways to avoid

Re: rsync vs installworld

2003-10-19 Thread Clifton Royston
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:28:27 -0600 (MDT) From: M. Warner Losh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: rsync vs installworld Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm contemplating a binary distribution system for some systems that I have. I'm ignoring kernel updates for the moment, and concentrating

rsync vs installworld

2003-10-18 Thread M. Warner Losh
I'm contemplating a binary distribution system for some systems that I have. I'm ignoring kernel updates for the moment, and concentrating on userland deployment. I'm thinking of doing something like: make buildworld make installworld DESTDIR=/big/disk/freebsd/image make mergemaster -D