src update without console access

From: Per Engelbrecht (per_at_xterm.dk)
Date: 09/13/04

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    Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:37:49 +0200 (CEST)
To: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>

    Hi All
    The company where I'm working, are selling FreeBSD (5.2.1) installations
    in a dedicated serverhosting environment.
    When updating 'src' customers are adviced to use "standard" procedure
    i.e. cvsup.

    The problem is that customers don't have console access while in
    single-user mode ! (can't run installworld, mergemaster)
    I've tested an upgrade from a running system (killing sendmail first, no
    attached users) with poor result .. 'mergemaster -p' and 'mergemaster'
    only found a diff in /etc/motd and 'uname -a' didn't show any system
    changes after a reboot.

    In obsd I'm used to run a "clean" cvs, building and installing from a
    running system. I can't expect customers to go through that procedure so
    I was hoping that any you guys could help me with a solution for the
    customers?

    I've bee searching the archives and found a lot of stuff on keeping fbsd
    serverfarms up to date with PXE - very nice, but not an option.
    (we have a large PXE setup running allready for new installations)

    respectfully
    /per
    per@xterm.dk

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