From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 16 1:28:22 2002 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 4584637B404 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 01:28:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ermis.cc.duth.gr (ermis.cc.duth.gr [192.108.114.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7E2543E77 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 01:28:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bigbrother@bonbon.net) Received: from bigb3server.bbcluster.gr (b9-29.xan.duth.gr [193.92.211.29]) by ermis.cc.duth.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g9G8Rqdt077974 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:27:52 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from bigbrother@bonbon.net) Received: from bigb3server.bbcluster.gr (localhost.bbcluster.gr [127.0.0.1]) by bigb3server.bbcluster.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g9G8RkJK042810 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:27:46 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from bigbrother@bonbon.net) Received: from localhost (bigbrother@localhost) by bigb3server.bbcluster.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) with ESMTP id g9G8Rghf042807 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:27:46 +0300 (EEST) X-Authentication-Warning: bigb3server.bbcluster.gr: bigbrother owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:27:42 +0300 (EEST) From: BigBrother X-X-Sender: bigbrother@bigb3server.bbcluster.gr To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: CVSUP update from 4.6 -> 4.7 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20021016111927.K212-100000@bigb3server.bbcluster.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have freebsd 4.6 release and I am interesting to update it to 4.7 via CVSUP The box is located 3000 Kms away and I can only connect via ssh. a) How much space is required in order to make a buildworld (downloading CVSUP, compiling, installing) b) What is the best failsafe method, so in case I do this and happen to have an error, my system will continue to operate on the 4.6? As I said I am too far away to go to fix it there... c) Can somebody point me or give me a sample CVSUP configuration for updating to the 4.7 release? d) Are there any tips for remote updates/buildworld? I know that is not suggested but I find too difficult to live with all the critical bugs that 4.6 has and I would like to get rid of them. e) Do I have to compile only a kernel on 4.7 or to make a buildworld too for the new binaries to be replaced? If I compile only a 4.7 kernel and my binaries are 4.6 will this poses any trouble? Thanks in advance guys! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message