to update 9...

d_mon · Aug 13, 2010

hi folks! well i'm very pleased with 9 but need to no how to keep update my system? i have all in binary i ask here cause didn't see like a section focused on 9 stuff...

is correct

Code:

freebsd-update

and that's all?

thx and plz don't tell me '9' isn't 4 me...

UNIXgod · Aug 13, 2010

you need to setup a sup file and follow the instructions in the handbook.

camelia · Aug 13, 2010

There is no binary update for any /head branch and never will be. You'd have to setup your own updating server for that.

camelia · Aug 13, 2010

Ah, but you can do a binary upgrade from sysinstall(8).

d_mon · Aug 13, 2010

dude...the 'objection' here is i do not wanna to waste another plastic[aka cd]on lifetime

Oxyd · Aug 13, 2010

I don't really get your objection. What FreeBSD version do you have and which version do you want to have?

FreeBSD 9-CURRENT is a development branch; there are no binary releases of that. If you want to update to that or if you already have it and want to keep it up-to-date, you'll have to perform source update.

fronclynne · Aug 13, 2010

Just pull down a snapshot iso ( quo vide here e.g.: ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ ) and mount it via mdconfig(8).

Alternately, find a site with a full 9.x distribution, and point sysinstall at that.

d_mon · Aug 13, 2010

Oxyd said:
What FreeBSD version do you have and which version do you want to have?

Code:

$ uname -a
FreeBSD 9.0-HEAD-20100808-JPSNAP FreeBSD 9.0-HEAD-20100808-JPSNAP #0: Sun Aug  8 03:54:32 UTC 2010     root@build-i386-fbsd-
2.allbsd.org:/usr/obj/i386.i386/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

for now just wanna to keep it up-to-date...

SirDice · Aug 13, 2010

d_mon said:
for now just wanna to keep it up-to-date...

Use csup to update your sources then proceed with building world (and kernel).

camelia · Aug 13, 2010

d_mon said:
dude...the 'objection' here is i do not wanna to waste another plastic[aka cd]on lifetime

I don't think you have to burn the image. Besides, you can avoid clunky sysinstall(8) and extract directly, e.g.$ cd 9.0-HEAD-20100813-JPSNAP
$ for dist in kernels base games doc info manpages dict; do cd $dist; ./install.sh; done
Not all distributions (e.g. proflibs, catpages, src, ports) in -disc1.iso are useful. So, you can download only the ones you need.

camelia · Aug 13, 2010

Ah, but you'll need src distribution in order to use mergemaster(8) and extract base with --exclude '^./etc' so your configuration in /etc is not overwritten.

jb_fvwm2 · Aug 13, 2010

d_mon said:

Code:

$ uname -a
FreeBSD 9.0-HEAD-20100808-JPSNAP FreeBSD 9.0-HEAD-20100808-JPSNAP #0: Sun Aug  8 03:54:32 UTC 2010     root@build-i386-fbsd-
2.allbsd.org:/usr/obj/i386.i386/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

for now just wanna to keep it up-to-date...

If your v9 functions without problem, you are good to go
until v9-stable is released, and might cause more problems
than solve them by keeping current, because v9 upon
update is much more prone to breaking than
v8-stable would be. So by not updating you are
ahead of the game. I'd just wait until 9-STABLE exists
and upgrade then.

Crabb · Aug 13, 2010

FreeBSD 9-current to csup

Im prefer compile all, you are learning very good

Code:

FreeBSD foo.lan 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Aug 14 19:58:17 WEST 2010     crabb@foo.lan:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WORLD  amd64

How to download sources files for FBSD-9-CURRENT

HTML:

# cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile /root/current-supfile [But you have a standar-supfile]
And edit current-supfile

*default host=cvsup.CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org
*default host=cvsup.de.FreeBSD.org

And delete RELENG_8_0 but, .
*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_8_0
*default release=cvs tag=.

And download the sources

csup -g -L 2 /root/example-supfile

Note: If you secure, update, but you know, current is a other world, with bugs and errors, ever, have you got a backup of system, but "precaution"

If you want subscribe to current freebsd current mailing

:&

to update 9...

Administrator