fast way to update jails (FreeBSD 10.0 host)

JÁKÓ András jako.andras at eik.bme.hu
Thu Jan 30 11:19:43 UTC 2014


> > Hi, I just updated the host from 9.2 to 10.0.
> > 
> > What I plan to do for each jail is:
> > 
> > # $D is the home of the jail.
> > make installworld DESTDIR=$D SRCCONF=/etc/src-jail.conf
> > cp -R $D/etc $D/etc.old
> > make distribution DESTDIR=$D SRCCONF=/etc/src-jail.conf
> > 
> > Basically to avoid all the ‘mergmaster’ stuff
>    
>   I don't understand why using mergemaster confuse you. This is the best choice for this task. I always use it without make distribution.

I've been using mergemaster before, but I became a happy user of
sysutils/etcupdate a few years ago.

András


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