Word Cloud for FreeBSD 9.0 generated from Me, BSD
Here is a fun word cloud made on www.wordle.net. It highlights some of the recent subjects covered on mebsd.com this year such as the release of FreeBSD 9.0 and upgrading to it. Wordle word cloud...
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Update FreeBSD source tree using subversion svn
In a previous post I described the process for updating the FreeBSD source tree using csup and upgrading from FreeBSD release to the stable branch. These days subversion svn has started to replace cvs...
FreeBSD mergemaster non-interactive mode
Finally all the make buildworld, make buildkernel, make installkernel, reboot, make install world milarky is done, it is now time to run the latest FreeBSD stable. But wait – don’t forget the mergemaster… #...
FreeBSD 8 Release to Stable
First grab the sample supfile: # cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile /root/ Choose a mirror close to you from http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html#CVSUP-MIRRORS and edit the cvsup file accordingly, it should look something like this: *default host=cvsup999.FreeBSD.org # change this *default...
Update FreeBSD and Ports with portmaster
Recent talks on FreeBSD-Ports lists have been about whether portupgrade should be shown the door, portmaster seems to be the new way to go. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2011-July/068887.html I still quite like portupgrade for some reasons but I...
Simple Script for Keeping FreeBSD Upto Date
It can’t be stressed enough how important it is to keep your server and ports/packages upto date, and we all know it’s something we should. But with the lack of standard tools to help...
Keep OpenSSL updated FreeBSD
With the base install of FreeBSD you get a copy on OpenSSL installed in /usr/bin/openssl, however it is not a registered package. This makes upgrading OpenSSL a little different, you must first install the...
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