• FreeBSD - note that sysinstall has offered binary upgrades since for ever --ceri

Notes from Jacob K (for FreeBSD):

When using the make method to upgrade the OS do the following: in /usr/share/examples/cvsup

cp stable-supfile to /root

change *default release line to *default release=cvs tag=RELENG53 (or OS version)

comment out *default compress

change *default host to cvs9.freebsd.org (or similar cvs host)

run cvsup /root/stable-supfile

that updates /usr/src tree

if you have your own kernel config you have to specify the kernel name when you make buildkernel or else it'll automatically compile GENERIC

make buildkernel KERNCONF=kernel-file-name
make installkernel

otherwise just do this

make -j4 buildworld
make installworld
make buildkernel
make installkernel
mergemaster

When using freebsd-update:

/usr/local/sbin/freebsd-update fetch
/usr/local/sbin/freebsd-update install

add it to cron to run every night as root:

crontab -e

45 4 * * * /usr/local/sbin/freebsd-update -v cron

this runs every night at 4:45am, installs any updates and emails root regardless of outcome