From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 25 02:46:40 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9EF616A41F for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 02:46:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 071C543D53 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 02:46:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A99A41A3C1A; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 18:46:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D1E4D51593; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:46:38 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:46:38 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Ron Message-ID: <20051125024638.GA35055@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <438657F1.7020102@rzweb.com> <20051125014355.GA34072@xor.obsecurity.org> <4386725C.8050708@rzweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4386725C.8050708@rzweb.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mysql 5.0 on FreeBSD 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 02:46:41 -0000 --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 06:09:32PM -0800, Ron wrote: > >No, you can just compile it yourself using ports (although the ports > >collection also doesn't support 5.3 any longer, most things will still > >work). Using packages with pkg_add -r is an *alternative* to > >compiling yourself using the ports system, and there's no point in > >updating your ports collection if you're not going to use it. >=20 > Is there a way to update to 5.4 that doesn't involve reinstalling? =20 > Everything I can find about it makes it seem like a very complex process.= =20 > If someone can point me to some step-by-step docs, I would appreciate it.= =20 > (Yes, I have looked all over the freebsd site, and I don't see anything= =20 > that is plain and simple instructions). It's explained in detail in the handbook. Kris --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDhnsOWry0BWjoQKURAhGRAJ9F0Ti77FX9G9d4om7Qq2SFeBSchgCg+Gvp +EVYgjwkCU9LCKi1jqvWar0= =QGGy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY--