Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?

2006-09-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No one has mentioned the security/freebsd-update port. With that you can apply updates to the kernel and world without having to build them *if* (and only if!) you are running a GENERIC kernel. For remote administration, this may be a good option for some. I read

Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?

2006-09-17 Thread pauls
--On September 17, 2006 1:37:27 PM +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No one has mentioned the security/freebsd-update port. With that you can apply updates to the kernel and world without having to build them *if* (and only if!) you are running a GENERIC kernel. For

When is BuildWorld necessary?

2006-09-16 Thread Bob
Hi: I recently installed FreeBSD 6.1 over the net from sources. I am keeping things up-to-date using CVSup. When portaudit tells me I have a security issue; I update/re-install the affected port. When a kernel patch comes in, I re-compile the kernel; which now stands at FreeBSD

Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?

2006-09-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bob wrote: Hi: I recently installed FreeBSD 6.1 over the net from sources. I am keeping things up-to-date using CVSup. When portaudit tells me I have a security issue; I update/re-install the affected port. When a kernel patch comes in, I re-compile the kernel; which now stands at FreeBSD

Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?

2006-09-16 Thread RW
On Saturday 16 September 2006 20:41, Bob wrote: Hi: I recently installed FreeBSD 6.1 over the net from sources. I am keeping things up-to-date using CVSup. When portaudit tells me I have a security issue; I update/re-install the affected port. When a kernel patch comes in, I re-compile the

Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?

2006-09-16 Thread Bob
On Saturday 16 September 2006 16:13, RW wrote: Not all of the point releases are for the kernel, for example 6.1-RELEASE-p2 was a sendmail fix. Ok I see; just because my kernel is at p6, doesn't mean the base system is. I wasn't on FreeBSD when p2 was released. Would that p2 have triggered

Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?

2006-09-16 Thread Bob
On Saturday 16 September 2006 15:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I have one question - do you rebuild the world on a remote machine Sorry; I am a newbie at FreeBSD, and have never done a buildworld :-( I have spent lots of time on Linux, Solaris, and SCO, but this is my first cut at BSD.

Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?

2006-09-16 Thread Bob
On Saturday 16 September 2006 15:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I have one question - do you rebuild the world on a remote machine (without physical access) and if yes - how do you restart in single user mode. This is what I can't understand so far. I remembered something right after I

Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?

2006-09-16 Thread Matthew Seaman
Bob wrote: Hi: I recently installed FreeBSD 6.1 over the net from sources. I am keeping things up-to-date using CVSup. When portaudit tells me I have a security issue; I update/re-install the affected port. When a kernel patch comes in, I re-compile the kernel; which now stands at

Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?

2006-09-16 Thread RW
On Saturday 16 September 2006 21:34, Bob wrote: On Saturday 16 September 2006 16:13, RW wrote: Not all of the point releases are for the kernel, for example 6.1-RELEASE-p2 was a sendmail fix. Ok I see; just because my kernel is at p6, doesn't mean the base system is. I wasn't on FreeBSD

Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?

2006-09-16 Thread Laurence Sanford
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I have one question - do you rebuild the world on a remote machine (without physical access) and if yes - how do you restart in single user mode. This is what I can't understand so far. Thanks, Iv In 6 years, I've never dropped any machine to single user to do

Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?

2006-09-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bob wrote: On Saturday 16 September 2006 15:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I have one question - do you rebuild the world on a remote machine Sorry; I am a newbie at FreeBSD, and have never done a buildworld :-( I have spent lots of time on Linux, Solaris, and SCO, but this is my first

Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?

2006-09-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Laurence Sanford wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I have one question - do you rebuild the world on a remote machine (without physical access) and if yes - how do you restart in single user mode. This is what I can't understand so far. Thanks, Iv In 6 years, I've never dropped any

Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?

2006-09-16 Thread pauls
--On September 17, 2006 6:18:24 AM +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob wrote: On Saturday 16 September 2006 15:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I have one question - do you rebuild the world on a remote machine Sorry; I am a newbie at FreeBSD, and have never done a buildworld :-( I have