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Even though I severely dislike systemd, and am a fan of FreeBSD's stability and simplicity, I also have found this attitude to be an annoyance. For example, if

Even though I severely dislike systemd, and am a fan of FreeBSD's stability and simplicity, I also have found this attitude to be an annoyance. For example, if I want to upgrade a fleet of a hundred or so FreeBSD boxes remotely, the answer seems to be, "Don't do that. You must upgrade each one by hand." This is the principal reason why I've leaned toward Debian stable (which also aims at being a stable UNIX like FreeBSD) for decades, even though Debian has also been infected with systemd and has made other questionable decisions. Alternatively, I've also had good luck with Void, Alpine, and Artix. (I've had difficulties with electron apps on Void desktop, but it runs flawlessly on servers.)

simcop2387 5y ago
> For example, if I want to upgrade a fleet of a hundred or so FreeBSD boxes remotely, the answer seems to be, "Don't do that. You must upgrade each one by hand." either that or "don't do an upgrade, build new ones and replace the old ones instead"
LAC-Tech 5y ago
> (I've had difficulties with electron apps on Void desktop, but it runs flawlessly on servers.) If by any chance it was related to sound, today is your lucky day as I just solved that this morning before work.
ybloviator 5y ago
If you're getting the "do it by hand" answer, you're asking in the wrong places. Ansible, SaltStack, all the devops automation stuff is available and can certainly handle "freebsd-update fetch; freebsd-update install; reboot".