[BUGS] question on up keeping of a production server

[goku -]

Hi Edwin,
Thanks for your prompt reply.  so your saying that it would be best to do
the
make buildworld
make installworld
to update the binary right?

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Edwin Groothuis <edwin at mavetju.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 10:19:54PM -1000, goku - wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a question on production server upkeep.
> >
> > In my supfile I am tracking freebsd 7 stable
> >
> > *default tag=RELENG_7
> >
> > Now here is my question.  I've read that a safe method of updating the
> > system's binaries is using a utility called freebsd-update.  I have read
> > that it does not update ?STABLE .  It only tracks the release tag.  So do
> I
> > change the RELENG_7 to RELENG_7_0_0_RELEASE ?  also when freebsd 7.1R
> > becomes available and I decide not to upgrade.  Will the freebsd-update
> > still update the system's binaries? Or do I have to upgrade to freebsd
> 7.1R
> > and change the RELENG_7_0_0_RELEASE  to RELENG_7_1_0_RELEASE
>
> freebsd-update is a binary update, not a safe update. Well it's
> safe but not sold as being safe.
> (The rest is too confusing for me)
>
> > Another question.  Since the server that I am learning on will become a
> > production server.  Is there a way to upgrade from freebsd 7 to 7.1(when
> it
> > come available) without having the server go off line.
>
> You always will need a reboot for the kernel upgrade.
>
> Edwin
>
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