Avoiding source code on production servers

[Odhiambo ワシントン]

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Tonix (Antonio Nati) <tonix at interazioni.it
> wrote:

> I'm in the phase of planning my new generation of FreeBSD servers, and I
> would love to make them more easy to upgrade.
> Main problem I have currently is I do not want any source code on
> production server, so freebsd-update is welcome, but... what about packages?
> I would use packages, but they are not easy to upgrade, while ports can be
> easy to upgrade, but need to have sources an servers.
>
> What do you suggest me? What is currently done on other environments?


Chicken & Egg situation there!

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