Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:30:51 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: "Murray S. Kucherawy" <msk@blackops.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update question Message-ID: <4C8935EB.1050102@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009091135310.31942@medusa.blackops.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009091135310.31942@medusa.blackops.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig8A09648AE288564DF17BE4C7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 09/09/2010 19:40:19, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: > I'm reading > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgr= ading-freebsdupdate.html > in preparation for an update of a 6.2-RELEASE machine in a colocation > faciilty. However, that page says 6.3 or later is needed to do it via > the freebsd-update(8) mechanism. >=20 > Are there any references for using freebsd-update for a 6.2 > installation, or am I looking at doing the update from source as per > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.htm= l? Yes. 6.2 is long out of support, so you will need to use the makeworld route to get to something more recent. 6.4 is just about to go out of support -- you should be able to buildworld to that version, and then use freebsd-update to get to something up to date. Or just use the buildworld route to get to the latest (it takes some time for all the compilation but works reliably) -- you might be able to get to 8.1 in one step, but I think that's probably unlikely. You should always be able to update from the latest version on any major branch to any version on the next branch, so 6.2 -> 6.4 -> 7.3 -> 8.1 should work. You will need to rebuild all your ports for a major version upgrade, although (if it isn't obvious) if you're going to go up two major versions, you only need to rebuild all the ports once at the end of the process of updating the system. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig8A09648AE288564DF17BE4C7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkyJNfIACgkQ8Mjk52CukIyBPQCfZWJ9XfLyNdNfmIGH3CkIk/b8 mE8Anj3xiE7Acb/vLM3d+HPdwLv8aWOg =Y5FZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig8A09648AE288564DF17BE4C7--
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