On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Julian Stacey wrote: > Richard Coleman wrote: > > But I think the time for these discussions is passed. > > current_at_ is only a concensus of /usr/src developers. /usr/src & > /usr/ports/ users on hackers_at_ ports_at_ isp_at_ may not have seen current_at_'s > change ? that may make later net upgrades more problematic / dangerous. > > FreeBSD (non current) can be net upgraded to new releases without any > /usr/src & /usr/obj on either remote target or local (keyboard) system, > using merely an ftp'd new binary tree + `mv'. Will a safe new `ftp + > mv' procedure be documented ? Is /rescue/mv adequate for this purpose? A slightly more fragile approach would be to make sure that /lib is unpacked before /bin and /sbin. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert_at_fledge.watson.org Network Associates LaboratoriesReceived on Mon Nov 17 2003 - 08:35:42 UTC
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