Re: Avoiding source code on production servers
Boris Samorodov <[email protected]>
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On Fri, 22 May 2009 11:06:49 +0200 Tonix (Antonio Nati) 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? We use ports-mgmt/tinderbox to build custom packages and then install them via "portupgrade -PP". But we are planning to switch to pkg_upgrade from sysutils/bsdadminscripts for package upgrading. The latter needs only INDEX file fetched from a package server. WBR -- bsam _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"