On Thu, 2006-Jan-05 01:37:27 -0800, Jo Rhett wrote: >No. I want a binary update mechanism. Obviously if we have local >configuration options we'll have to compile our own binaries. But doing >the work of tracking system updates currently requires us to build our own >patch tracking mechanism, and then re-write it for every new release. If you're willing to do your own compiles: 1) CVSup or cvs update to whatever branch you want 2) make build{world,kernel} 3) make DESTDIR=/updates install{world,kernel} 4) mergemaster -D /updates 5) rsync or similar It seems fairly obvious that you are frustrated by FreeBSD's inability to meet your needs as far as updating is concerned. I suspect I'm not alone in being uncertain exactly what your requirements are and what additional features FreeBSD needs to satisfy you. How would you like to write a formal requirements specification and post it here (or in -arch). >It's not a recompile issue. It's a tracking/update/backout issue. I don't >mind recompiling, if I could somehow push the updates to all the right >systems and they would have it stored somewhere that they were patched... Have you looked at tools like Bcfg2 ( http://www.mcs.anl.gov/cobalt/bcfg2/ )? -- Peter JeremyReceived on Thu Jan 05 2006 - 10:41:03 UTC
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