Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 12:32:47 +1000 From: Michael Ross <satare@optusnet.com.au> To: "bbrummer @ solar . com . br" <bbrummer@solar.com.br> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup Message-ID: <200205310232.g4V2WlN02560@mail019.syd.optusnet.com.au>
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Hi, > a) I never had good results with CVS: CVSup is the best way I can suggest to try this.. I've done the upgrade to 4.4 from 4.6 fairly painlessly. > 1. New sources were loaded in different directories, which brought > compiling problems. I used to have a similar problem, what do the settings in your supfile look like? > 2. Upgraded system wouldn't make world. > 3. If I managed to run making world, it wouldn't recompile a new kernel. What kind of errors were you getting? > 4. If I managed to recompile a new kernel, it would only recompile the > GENERIC source. How were you trying to compile your kernel? via make depend && make && make install or by make kernel? if you are using make kernel then you need to specify the KERNCONF setting either on the command line or in your /etc/make.conf file. > 5. The updated system wouldn't run newer apps. (only the ones meant > for the original system). This one could be a bit trickier.. but I found when I originally install something via packages that it is hard to upgrade because any packages installed that depend on it, will only work with that package. I've found the easiest way around this is to install only a barebones base system, then put everything in afterwards using the ports tree. As for updating your ports.. cvsup your ports tree then run a tool like portupgrade. How long the whole process will take depends entirely on available bandwidth and how fast your computer is. Hope this helps.. Michael Ross satare@optusnet.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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