Freebsd-update with a custom kernel and jails

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FreeBSD a écrit :
> matt donovan a écrit :
>> On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 12:58 PM, FreeBSD <freebsd at optiksecurite.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>  
>>> There is my situation:
>>> I want to be able to use freebsd-update to update a FreeBSD 7.0-Release
>>> installation to the latest security patches (I want an update and 
>>> not an
>>> upgrade if I understand correctly). Where this gets more complicated 
>>> is that
>>> I need a custom kernel (for ULE, pf and ALTQ while also disabling some
>>> devices I'll never need) and I want to use jails to isolate every 
>>> services
>>> (Apache and MySQL by now).
>>>
>>> So, I read at some places that you can't use freebsd-update with a 
>>> custom
>>> kernel, but I'm not sure if this apply only in the case of an upgrade
>>> between release or if I'll need to manually recompile the kernel 
>>> with every
>>> use of freebsd-update.
>>>
>>> I also read that it's possible to update the jails from the host system
>>> with the -b flag. In this case, I supposed that I need to update the 
>>> host
>>> system before the jail, but is the procedure going to be exactly the 
>>> same?
>>>
>>> yes all you need to do is freebsd-update fetch install your kernel 
>>> won't be
>>> updated but your userland will
>>>
>>>     
> So it is right to say that the custom kernel "problem" applies only 
> when upgrading to a newer release?
>
> All I have to do is 'freebsd-update fetch install' to update the base 
> system then 'freebsd-update -b /usr/jail/jail_name fetch install' to 
> update the jails?
>
> I hope so because it would be very impressing :)
>
> Martin
Another question just came to my head: May I update the src before 
compiling my custom kernel or should I keep the original src that 
shipped with the release to be able to use freebsd-update?

Thank you very much for your help!

Martin