Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 02:34:05 -0500 From: Christopher Schulte <schulte+freebsd@nospam.schulte.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: source upgrade from 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 to 4.6-stable Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.2.20020707022035.04105d30@pop3s.schulte.org> In-Reply-To: <20020706144914.GA54094@sunbay.com> References: <5.1.1.6.2.20020706093642.03b3a020@pop3s.schulte.org> <E17Qa4p-000Aa4-00@smtp.targetnet.com> <E17Qa4p-000Aa4-00@smtp.targetnet.com> <5.1.1.6.2.20020706093642.03b3a020@pop3s.schulte.org>
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At 05:49 PM 7/6/2002 +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > Will a 4.0-RELEASE update directly to RELENG_4_6 work, or did your magic > > happen after 4.6-RELEASE and only avail in -STABLE? If that's the case > > I'll probably update to RELENG_4 and revert back to RELENG_4_6. > > >Before 4.6 went out, I've checked explicitly that it can be source upgraded >to from 4.0-RELEASE onwards (modulo the things I mentioned). So yes, this >should be possible, and you have a safe way to test this: > >1. make buildworld >2. make buildkernel >3. make installkernel >4. reboot >5. make installworld >6. mergemaster or equivalent >7. reboot FYI - source update [world/kernel] from 4.0-RELEASE to RELENG_4_6 was successful. For some reason sysctl:net.link.ether.bridge_cfg was not automatically populated. I don't know exactly where the problem originated, so I just set a manual sysctl.conf entry and moved on. Several more minor issues arose, but the point is that the source update works as advertised. Excellent work. >Cheers, >-- >Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and 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 -- Christopher Schulte http://www.schulte.org/ Do not un-munge my @nospam.schulte.org email address. This address is valid. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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