rsync vs installworld

[Dmitry Morozovsky]

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Peter Pentchev wrote:

[snip]
PP> > > make buildworld
PP> > > make installworld DESTDIR=/big/disk/freebsd/image
PP> > > make mergemaster -D /big/disk/freebsd/mergemaster
PP> > >
PP> > > And then on each machine I want to update I'd do something like:
PP> > >
PP> > > sudo rsync --exclude etc --exclude usr/local --exclude boot \
PP> > > 	--delete -av host-server:/big/disk/freebsd/image /
PP> > > sudo rm -rf /tmp/mergemaster
PP> > > sudo scp host-server:/big/disk/freebsd/mergemaster /tmp/mergemaster
PP> > > sudo mergemaster -someargs

[snip]

PP> Errr, isn't this pretty much what Colin Percival's
PP> security/freebsd-update port already does? :)  Take a look at
PP> http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/ - this might be exactly what
PP> you are looking for...

Nope, because:
- security/freebsd-update does not handle ports at all
- it is only for security branches and so does not fit in the case of locally
patched system

Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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