tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post685227129495269711..comments2023-10-16T06:06:25.012-04:00Comments on TaoSecurity Blog: Binary Upgrade of FreeBSD 6.1 to 6.2Richard Bejtlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13512184196416665417noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-927253974046792712009-03-20T10:09:00.000-04:002009-03-20T10:09:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-54064886863191620242007-04-22T12:24:00.000-04:002007-04-22T12:24:00.000-04:00Should something be done with my installed ports a...Should something be done with my installed ports after this binary upgrade?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-37546149667777108942007-04-20T09:30:00.000-04:002007-04-20T09:30:00.000-04:00So, I could simply rebuild the kernel then right? ...So, I could simply rebuild the kernel then right? after getting the latest image src of course...<BR/><BR/>Does this update also update everything that's currently on the server as well, i.e. sshd, ntpd, etc?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-78065314292049925912007-04-20T07:22:00.000-04:002007-04-20T07:22:00.000-04:00Your custom kernel will be replaced.Your custom kernel will be replaced.Richard Bejtlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13512184196416665417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-29709605102428528222007-04-19T23:50:00.000-04:002007-04-19T23:50:00.000-04:00Question...if one has a custom kernel, will this u...Question...if one has a custom kernel, will this upgrade procedure work? i'm guessing no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-8226525518656393122007-02-19T21:07:00.000-05:002007-02-19T21:07:00.000-05:00Yeah, this stuff works great. freebsd-update is no...Yeah, this stuff works great. freebsd-update is now bolted into freebsd, and binary updates are sanctioned. It is a very light wrapper that creates the ability to binarily upgrade from release to release, so we should be seeing more of this in the future<BR/><BR/>- Mick RussomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-19392080788713723012007-02-15T14:42:00.000-05:002007-02-15T14:42:00.000-05:00It *looks* like portupgrade in 6.2 is broken.http:...It *looks* like portupgrade in 6.2 is broken.<BR/><BR/>http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports-bugs/2007-February/112206.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-20061926731262833062007-02-14T09:15:00.000-05:002007-02-14T09:15:00.000-05:00Thanks Richard.I've used freebsd-update to install...Thanks Richard.<BR/><BR/>I've used freebsd-update to install binary patches, but didn't know I could upgrade the whole OS with it. I've just completed an almost identical upgrade on my server which worked very well indeed.<BR/><BR/>Cheers z0mbixAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com