Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:17:46 +0100 From: Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org> To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Current Way To Update Sources & Rebuild World/Kernel? Message-ID: <20130317231746.3feca323@davenulle.org> In-Reply-To: <51463EA7.2070108@mykitchentable.net> References: <51463EA7.2070108@mykitchentable.net>
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Le Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:07:35 -0700, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> a écrit : > I've been away for a while. In the past, the proper way to update a > system was to grab current sources via cvsup and then rebuild world > and kernel. But now I see cvsup is no longer supported. The > handbook talks about freebsd-update. I do not want binary upgrades > but is this the tool to replace cvsup to update sources? How do I > use it to replace the old way that went something like this: > > cvsup sources > make buildworld > make buildkernel > make installkernel > mergemaster > make installworld Instead cvsup you have to use svn to retrieve the sources : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/svn.html The good way is (and was) mergemaster -p before make installworld and mergemaster after. regards
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