Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:43:57 -0800 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Ron <lists@rzweb.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mysql 5.0 on FreeBSD 5.3 Message-ID: <4386968D.3050707@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <20051125024638.GA35055@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <438657F1.7020102@rzweb.com> <20051125014355.GA34072@xor.obsecurity.org> <4386725C.8050708@rzweb.com> <20051125024638.GA35055@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > 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. >> >>Is there a way to update to 5.4 that doesn't involve reinstalling? >>Everything I can find about it makes it seem like a very complex process. >>If someone can point me to some step-by-step docs, I would appreciate it. >>(Yes, I have looked all over the freebsd site, and I don't see anything >>that is plain and simple instructions). > > > It's explained in detail in the handbook. > > Kris Under the title "cutting edge" http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html Note: it's geared towards -STABLE and -CURRENT users (hence the misleading title), just set your cvs tag to RELENG_5_4 to update to 5.4 Later, Micah
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