Raspberry Pi 3B
Zane C. B-H.
vvelox at vvelox.net
Thu Jan 19 19:54:44 UTC 2017
On 2017-01-19 12:00, Brad Davis wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 11:30:31AM +0100, Thomas Schemme wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> thanks for your nice work!
>>
>> Since freebsd-update is not working with the current branch of
>> FreeBSD,
>> I would like to know if there is an easy way to update and/or upgrade
>> the base system and to apply patches?
>
> Well an freebsd-update is not something you ever want to run on an
> sdcard
> as it would take longer than compiling yourself!
>
> Eventually the pkging base work will be the solution for arm devices.
> This work is still in progress and not really ready yet.
Speaking of compiling on the RPi or really doing anything, I highly
suggest a USB mounted 2.5" SATA drive. Keeping /usr/obj, /usr/local,
/usr/src, and /usr/ports under that works great. It really minimizes
having to hit the SD card, which will be painfully slow.
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