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Date:      Wed, 15 Mar 2000 11:35:55 -0500
From:      Peter Schwenk <schwenk@math.udel.edu>
To:        Hayden Katzenellenbogen <hayden@tudogs.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upgrade/Make World
Message-ID:  <38CFBBEB.CF6F5058@math.udel.edu>
References:  <38CFB302.1D48B75F@tudogs.com>

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This information has always worked for me, but I'm using 3.x.  I would
consider this difinitive.

http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/makeworld.html

Hayden Katzenellenbogen wrote:

> To start off I know this mail is going to irritate someone but I need to
> know.
>
> I have been looking through the FreeBSD site and through about 2-3
> hundred artiles on the site about make world. and upgrading.
>
> I would like to know where I can find the definitve information on how
> to do a proper make world and/or and upgrade.
>
> Most of the info I have found says download the source via cvsup and
> then type make world and wait. I have done this 5 times on different
> machines with different version of freeBSD all of them have stuffed up
> not one did and upgrade.
>
> I have tried the buildworld installworld option that made an even better
> mess as it built everything and stuffed up installing.
>
> I have found different processes and instructions for doing the upgrade.
>
> like:
>
> make buildworld
> (build all devices) no docs telling how
> (build a new kernel)
> (install new kernel)
> reboot
> make -DNOINFO installworld
> make installworld
>
> I have no idea how to do step 2.
>
> I would love to know how to upgrade my system it can be as complicated
> or as simple as you can make it.
>
> The reason I want to upgrade is that I ran cvsup about 2 weeks ago to
> find that when I try to install a port it then tells me my system is too
> old either make world or download an upgrade.
>
> I downloaded the upgrade eventually got it working but now I find that I
> am having tons of trouble installing ports every port is a pain to
> install.
>
> Please help me anyway you can and please do not send the mail saying
> read the FAQ.
>
> Thanks
>
> Hayden

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PETER SCHWENK                        | Campus IT Associate 3
Department of Mathematical Sciences  | University of Delaware
schwenk@math.udel.edu                | (302)831-0437





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