new to tinderbox

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 10:33 -0600, Jonathan Horne wrote:
> Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >   
> hi joe, thanks for the reply.
> 
> after a port is updated in the ports tree, so far, ive not seen what 
> method causes the port to rebuild and update in the tinderbox.  does 
> this happen automatically if im using tinderd?

You would need to either run a manual tinderbuild, or let tinderd pick
it up.

Joe

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