From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 9 18:34:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 49CAC16AABA for ; Tue, 9 May 2006 18:34:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc3910@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AD8D43D68 for ; Tue, 9 May 2006 18:33:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bc3910@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id e30so1815051pya for ; Tue, 09 May 2006 11:33:57 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=IPnabfkeLXWTNaPpHxLoONeVkiSlWNrOAwDM6+lAeF6RWPSH8nG7Wtc3Os2H2jp62BGK/X7ytdatfqmMEzWX7crSlgtYaMWN0QgIBXPznlIvx/YGbRaIyHP5gqEUdWPZ+4utK5sOnM/XgVKisf+6aUqA0A348gMpYlpVdNvIiwI= Received: by 10.35.29.6 with SMTP id g6mr1838160pyj; Tue, 09 May 2006 11:33:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.12.14 with HTTP; Tue, 9 May 2006 11:33:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51257d370605091133l38a18969v340cde0f54e3a054@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 12:33:56 -0600 From: "Bryan Curl" To: freebsd-questions In-Reply-To: <51257d370605091020s166862e8vf19f0d98c642186e@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <62b856460605090453o24f7de34ka71fffa392bfdedb@mail.gmail.com> <4460CC0B.8050209@gmail.com> <51257d370605091020s166862e8vf19f0d98c642186e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Fwd: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 18:34:01 -0000 John, Sorry I think I sent this direct only.... this is being sent to list. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bryan Curl Date: May 9, 2006 11:20 AM Subject: Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup) To: john@cruzweb.net I found this tutorial very helpfull on my first upgrade. http://www.taosecurity.com/keeping_freebsd_applications_up-to-date.html But I must warn you that this process can take hours-days to complete after compiling the entire system from source code and installing, depending of course on how big your setup is and how fast your box is. On the other hand, a two hour download and a week of configuring can be jus= t as grueling. Your choice. On 5/9/06, John Cruz wrote: > > So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before and all > the documentation is confusing as can be. Would it be easier to download > the install mediums and do an upgrade install or is cvsup the better > way? if so how do I go about it? the hanbook page on this is somewhat > confusing, which is why i'm resorting to posts. > > Thanks, > > John > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- -- Bryan bc3910 'at' gmail 'dot' com -- -- Bryan bc3910 'at' gmail 'dot' com