From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 09:10:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B878106566B; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:10:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane-pt.tunnel.tserv5.lon1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f08:110::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1B5F8FC15; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:10:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Received: from vhoffman-macbook.lon.namesco.net (150.117-84-212.staticip.namesco.net [212.84.117.150]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m789Ai0T075569 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:10:45 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <489C0D86.3080702@unsane.co.uk> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:10:30 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Liddell References: <000501c8f890$185b8810$fd607e0a@Horbury.Internal> <200808080821.35476.shinjii@maydias.com> In-Reply-To: <200808080821.35476.shinjii@maydias.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: mcoyles@horbury.wakefield.sch.uk, FreeBSD Stable Mailing List , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from 6.x to 7.x 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: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:10:35 -0000 Warren Liddell wrote: > On Thursday 07 August 2008 23:18:34 Marc Coyles wrote: > >>> If i have read the man pages correct the command im using being ... >>> >>> # freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.0-CURRENT >>> >> # sh freebsd-update.sh -f freebsd-update.conf -r 7.0-RELEASE upgrade >> >> followed eventually by... >> >> # sh freebsd-update.sh -f freebsd-update.conf install >> >> I have just upgraded a 6.2 box to 7.0 Release following the instructions >> at >> http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-11-freebsd-major-version-upgrade >> .html to the letter without issue (other than bind needing to be >> reinstalled from ports afterwards) >> >> L8rs! >> Marci >> > > > # freebsd-update -r 7.0-RELEASE upgrade > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 1 mirrors found. > Fetching public key from update1.FreeBSD.org... failed. > No mirrors remaining, giving up. > > # sh freebsd-update.sh -f freebsd-update.conf -r 7.0-RELEASE upgrade > freebsd-update.sh: Can't open freebsd-update.sh: No such file or directory > > I then did a search for the sh file .... > > # sh freebsd-update.sh -f freebsd-update.conf -r 7.0-RELEASE upgrade > File does not exist or is not readable: freebsd-update.conf > > freebsd-update is part of base system so there was no need to install it via > the port etc .. or is there ? > > no for versions of FreeBSD beyond 6.3 its in base and you dont need to install it seperately to upgrade between versions. freebsd-update -r 7.1-RELEASE upgrade seems to have an effect where 7.0-RELEASE no longer does. I have CCed freebsd-stable@ on this to see if anyone knows if this is intended or a mistake. Vince > _______________________________________________ > 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" >