Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 09:15:27 -0700 (PDT) From: X Philius <xphilius@yahoo.com> To: GTA Bsd User Group <gtabug@prayforwind.com> Cc: Russ Pagenkopf <russ.pagenkopf@uas.alaska.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: make buildworld problem Message-ID: <20011023161527.62317.qmail@web11801.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3BD58E61.9464DE54@prayforwind.com>
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Steve, Since I may have helped contribute to this confusion, I will try to answer this before the more experienced people that have been helping me get around to posting. The discussion we were having has little to do with upgrading via sysinstall. Your CD's should work just as you expect. The upgrade issue we were discussing has to do with upgrading from source, not upgrading with the sysinstall utility. As I understand it, sysinstall downloads pre-built binaries from the CD or via FTP and uses them to upgrade the system. Good luck. Jason --- GTA Bsd User Group <gtabug@prayforwind.com> wrote: > Hello there, > > I just got my 4.4-RELEASE set of 4CD's last night and I'm just > sitting > down now to upgrade 4.2-RELEASE to 4.4-RELEASE (via > sysinstall/upgrade > system). > > Am I reading from this that I'm not going to be able to do it? > > Regards, Steve > > > Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 07:03:37AM -0700, X Philius wrote: > > > Ruslan, > > > A few questions below... > > > > > > --- Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > > > > [Please wrap your lines at 65 or so characters.] > > > > > > Sorry. Hope this is better. > > > > > > > Yes, 4.1R -> 4.4R upgrade path was broken. This has been > > > > fixed later, and 4.1R -> 4.4-STABLE upgrade path is possible. > > > > > > > Unfortunately, we can't backport the fixes to already > > > > released (sticky) version (4.4-RELEASE). > > > > > > I have read through UPDATING for 4.4 Release, and I do not see > > > any obvious solution. I have just upgraded my dev server to 4.4 > > > Stable with no problems, but I think I'd rather be cautious and > > > keep my prod server on 4.4 Release and then track the security > > > updates. > > > > > UPDATING for 4.4-R is "sticky". Again, we just can't merge fixes > > to already released versions. If you want 4.4-RELEASE, you'll > > have to backport the fix yourself. These are the relevant commits: > > > > : ru 2001/09/24 08:45:00 PDT > > : > > : Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_4) > > : . Makefile.inc1 > > : usr.bin/xinstall Makefile > > : usr.sbin/mtree Makefile > > : share/mk bsd.lib.mk bsd.prog.mk > > : gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld Makefile > > : Log: > > : MFC: Bootstrapping fixes. > > : > > : This unbreaks source upgrades from 4.2-RELEASE. > > : > > : Revision Changes Path > > : 1.141.2.33 +6 -6 src/Makefile.inc1 > > : 1.8.2.5 +9 -2 src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/Makefile > > : 1.91.2.4 +2 -2 src/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk > > : 1.86.2.5 +2 -2 src/share/mk/bsd.prog.mk > > : 1.11.2.4 +7 -1 src/usr.bin/xinstall/Makefile > > : 1.15.2.5 +10 -7 src/usr.sbin/mtree/Makefile > > > > and > > > > : ru 2001/09/26 23:35:47 PDT > > : > > : Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_4) > > : gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libiberty Makefile > > : Log: > > : MFC: 1.9 -> 1.12: Fix the upgrade path from 4.1-RELEASE. > > : > > : Revision Changes Path > > : 1.3.2.4 +4 -1 > src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libiberty/Makefile > > > > > Questions: > > > > > > - Can I use Makefile.upgrade to prepare my system to build 4.4 > > > Release? Or... > > > > > No, Makefile.upgrade is for really old, pre-3.x systems. > > > > > - Is my only option is to do a binary upgrade using Sysinstall, > > > or start from scratch? > > > > > You can also backport the above fixes over 4.4-RELEASE sources, > > or use 4.4-STABLE. > > > > Cheers, > > -- > > Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, > > ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, > > ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, > > +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine > > > > http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve > > http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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