[nycbug-talk] enterprise bsd

Pete Wright pete
Tue Mar 8 16:33:11 EST 2005


On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 04:38:31PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 04:09:33PM -0500, Pete Wright wrote:
> >
> >as far as tracking security patches for the base system, again I think
> >it would be possible to have your head node track STABLE then during your
> >down day's I imagine one could just dist out your STABLE worlds to the 
> >client nodes.
> >
> 
> Isn't there more to installworld than copying the binaries to the root?
> ie doesn't it first clean the destination, for the case when the upgrade
> results in fewer files on the target, and the old files need be removed?
> 

yea for sure, mergemaster etc, this still can be automated from a head
node.  heh, didn't mean to imply that one would just copy binaries by disting 
out the STABLE world :)

-p

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