From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 18 06:50:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AC2F16A4CE for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 06:50:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (gaff.hhhr.ision.net [195.180.9.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D23DB43D31 for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 06:50:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (ohoyer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gaff.hhhr.ision.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i3IDom6f034145; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 15:50:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) Received: from localhost (ohoyer@localhost)i3IDomoA034142; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 15:50:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) X-Authentication-Warning: gaff.hhhr.ision.net: ohoyer owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 15:50:48 +0200 (CEST) From: Olaf Hoyer Sender: ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net To: Rob In-Reply-To: <408283BB.6070803@users.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: <20040418154857.L34064@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> References: <40827EBB.2070401@users.sourceforge.net> <20040418151411.I34064@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> <408283BB.6070803@users.sourceforge.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5-Current on Pentium-I with old hardware: still risky? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 13:50:45 -0000 On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Rob wrote: > For bumping it up to 5-current, would a cvsup of the sources with "tag=." > be sufficient? Or is an install from scratch recommended when moving > from 4-stable to 5-current? Bear in mind that these are going to be my > first steps into 5-current! > Hmm, no. In theory yes, when you go to some really painful steps (read UPDATING), but due to the nature that even within 5.x were some changes, its easier to wipe the system, do a blank install of a 5.2 system from scratch and then cvsup it to -current. Will simplify a lot. Just my 0.02 EUR Olaf -- Olaf Hoyer ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese)