svn commit: r43759 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge
Dru Lavigne
dru at FreeBSD.org
Tue Feb 4 15:05:55 UTC 2014
Author: dru
Date: Tue Feb 4 15:05:54 2014
New Revision: 43759
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43759
Log:
White space fix only. Translators can ignore.
Sponsored by: iXsystems
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml Tue Feb 4 14:56:36 2014 (r43758)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml Tue Feb 4 15:05:54 2014 (r43759)
@@ -160,74 +160,71 @@
<see>updating-upgrading</see>
</indexterm>
- <para>Applying security patches in a timely manner and
- upgrading to a newer release of
- an operating system are important aspects of
- ongoing system administration.
- &os; includes a utility
+ <para>Applying security patches in a timely manner and upgrading
+ to a newer release of an operating system are important aspects
+ of ongoing system administration. &os; includes a utility
called <command>freebsd-update</command> which can be used to
- perform both these tasks.</para>
+ perform both these tasks.</para>
+
+ <para>This utility supports binary security and errata updates to
+ &os;, without the need to manually compile and install the patch
+ or a new kernel. Binary updates are available for all
+ architectures and releases currently supported by the security
+ team. The list of supported releases and their estimated
+ end-of-life dates are listed at <uri
+ xlink:href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/">http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/</uri>.</para>
+
+ <para>This utility also supports operating system upgrades to
+ minor point releases as well as upgrades to another release
+ branch. Before upgrading to a new release, review its release
+ announcement as it contains important information pertinent to
+ the release. Release announcements are available from <uri
+ xlink:href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/</uri>.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>If a <command>crontab</command> utilizing the features
+ of &man.freebsd-update.8; exists, it must be disabled before
+ upgrading the operating system.</para>
+ </note>
- <para>This utility supports binary
- security and errata updates to &os;,
- without the need to manually compile and install the patch or a
- new kernel. Binary updates are available for all architectures and
- releases currently supported by the security team. The list of
- supported releases and their estimated end-of-life dates are listed at <uri
- xlink:href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/">http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/</uri>.</para>
-
- <para>This utility also supports operating system upgrades to minor point
- releases as well as upgrades to another release branch. Before
- upgrading to a new release, review its release announcement
- as it contains important information pertinent to the
- release. Release announcements are available from <uri
- xlink:href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/</uri>.</para>
-
- <note>
- <para>If a <command>crontab</command> utilizing the features
- of &man.freebsd-update.8; exists, it must be
- disabled before upgrading the operating system.</para>
- </note>
-
<para>This section describes the configuration file used by
- <command>freebsd-update</command>, demonstrates how to
- apply a security patch and how to upgrade to a minor or major
- operating system release, and discusses some of the considerations
- when upgrading the operating system.</para>
+ <command>freebsd-update</command>, demonstrates how to apply a
+ security patch and how to upgrade to a minor or major operating
+ system release, and discusses some of the considerations when
+ upgrading the operating system.</para>
<sect2 xml:id="freebsdupdate-config-file">
<title>The Configuration File</title>
<para>The default configuration file for
- <command>freebsd-update</command> works as-is. Some users may wish to tweak the default configuration
- in <filename>/etc/freebsd-update.conf</filename>, allowing
- better control of the process. The comments in this file explain the available options,
- but the following may require a bit more
- explanation:</para>
+ <command>freebsd-update</command> works as-is. Some users may
+ wish to tweak the default configuration in
+ <filename>/etc/freebsd-update.conf</filename>, allowing
+ better control of the process. The comments in this file
+ explain the available options, but the following may require a
+ bit more explanation:</para>
<programlisting># Components of the base system which should be kept updated.
Components world kernel</programlisting>
<para>This parameter controls which parts of &os; will be kept
- up-to-date. The default is to update the
- entire base system and the kernel. Individual components can
- instead be specified, such as
- <literal>src/base</literal> or
- <literal>src/sys</literal>. However, the best option is to leave this at the default as
- changing it to include specific items requires
- every needed item to be listed. Over time, this could have disastrous
- consequences as source code and binaries may become out of
- sync.</para>
+ up-to-date. The default is to update the entire base system
+ and the kernel. Individual components can instead be
+ specified, such as <literal>src/base</literal> or
+ <literal>src/sys</literal>. However, the best option is to
+ leave this at the default as changing it to include specific
+ items requires every needed item to be listed. Over time,
+ this could have disastrous consequences as source code and
+ binaries may become out of sync.</para>
<programlisting># Paths which start with anything matching an entry in an IgnorePaths
# statement will be ignored.
IgnorePaths /boot/kernel/linker.hints</programlisting>
<para>To leave specified directories, such as
- <filename>/bin</filename> or
- <filename>/sbin</filename>, untouched during
- the update process, add their paths to this statement. This
- option may be used to prevent
+ <filename>/bin</filename> or <filename>/sbin</filename>,
+ untouched during the update process, add their paths to this
+ statement. This option may be used to prevent
<command>freebsd-update</command> from overwriting local
modifications.</para>
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