new to tinderbox

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 09:48 -0600, Jonathan Horne wrote:
> greetings all,
> 
> im working on getting my tinderbox server set up.  i have some questions about 
> what tinderbox does, and does not do.
> 
> first, does tinderbox build only ports?  or can it also maintain world/kernels 
> as well?

It only operates on ports.  There is a separate, unrelated Tinderbox
project that deals with kernel and world (i.e. the FreeBSD OS).

> 
> second, im trying to get a grip on whats the overall best method to keeping 
> everything updated.  i build a world/ports pair for RELENG_7_0, and am at 
> this moment building one for RELENG_6_3.  eventually, its a given that they 
> will both be updated to pX.  when that happens, what the method of updating 
> the source trees?  (and ports too?)  or am i sawing this tree down from the 
> wrong side here?

You will want to create Tinderbox Jails (basically snapshots of the OS)
with the required security branch tag (e.g. RELENG_6_3).  Then, when
patches are committed to that branch, just run mkjail JAIL (e.g. if your
Jail is named "6.3" then run "mkjail 6.3").  It's a similar thing for
PortsTrees.  If you have a PortsTree called "FreeBSD," just run "tc
updatePortsTree -p FreeBSD" to sync it.

Both of these commands requires that you created your Jail and PortsTree
objects with an update command (typically this will be CVSUP).

Joe

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