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[Odhiambo Washington]

On 17 December 2013 18:22, Royce Williams <royce at tycho.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:53 AM, Marko Cupać <marko.cupac at mimar.rs> wrote:
> > I admit my addiction to constant source updating, customizing and
> > rebuilding kernel, rebuilding world, updating ports tree and rebuilding
> > outdated ports, or sometimes all the ports. For this purpose I have my
> > work laptop, and I use it mostly as a playground for testing.
>
> This is like tinkering with a hobby car: if it's what you enjoy doing,
> or if you need features or performance not provided by a "stock" car,
> then you should do it. (Except for rebuilding outdated ports; that's
> more like changing your oil.)
>
> > However, for maintenance of my production servers I am very glad that
> > freebsd-update exists.
>
> Amen!  This is like avoiding tinkering with your primary commuting car
> (or your partner's car!): you need reliability, not the overhead and
> instability of tinkering.  Actually, since freebsd-update helps you
> stay patched so easily, it's more like switching from doing your own
> car maintenance to having your own NASCAR pit crew. :-)
>
> Taken together, buildworld and freebsd-update are each essential in
> their own way for many admins.
>
> Also -- Odhiambo, freebsd-update doesn't have to clobber your kernel.
> There are many options in /etc/freebsd-update.conf that let you
> precisely control what is updated.  See 'man freebsd-update.conf' for
> details.
>
> Royce
>

Royce,

What happens when I have a new world with an old kernel? No pain??
Well, I was so much used to buildworld/buildkernel that when I am told the
buildkernel is not necessary, I kinda fear - probably fear on something
that doesn't bite.


-- 
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254733744121/+254722743223
"I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."