Re: patchlevels and FreeBSD source

From: Colin Percival (colin.percival_at_wadham.ox.ac.uk)
Date: 11/26/03

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    Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 07:24:19 +0000
To: akanwar@digitarchy.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org

    At 20:09 25/11/2003 -0500, akanwar@digitarchy.com wrote:
    >Presently I install my servers using a automated pxeboot method. The NFS
    >image I choose is a copy of the freebsd 4.8-RELEASE cdrom. Post install I
    >cvsup the plain 4.8-RELEASE server to RELENG_4_8 (taking the patchlevel to
    >4.8-RELEASE-p15 for example) and then build world. The cvsup/buildworld
    >takes a long time. These steps are also difficult to automate.

       After installing the RELEASE, install FreeBSD Update
    (ports/security/freebsd-update), move its configuration file into the right
    place, and run `freebsd-update fetch && freebsd-update install`. Given a
    decent internet connection, this takes no more than a couple minutes, and
    is much easier than updating your install image every time security issues
    arise.

    Colin Percival

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