Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 20:17:47 +0100 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup) Message-ID: <200605092017.49190.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <51257d370605091133l38a18969v340cde0f54e3a054@mail.gmail.com> References: <62b856460605090453o24f7de34ka71fffa392bfdedb@mail.gmail.com> <51257d370605091020s166862e8vf19f0d98c642186e@mail.gmail.com> <51257d370605091133l38a18969v340cde0f54e3a054@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday 09 May 2006 19:33, Bryan Curl wrote: > 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. > Unless UPDATING say otherwise, or you are updating across a major version change, there is no particular need to rebuild ports. Building the base system should take hours rather than days.
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