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Date:      Wed, 25 Feb 1998 20:51:38 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Anatoly Vorobey <mellon@pobox.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 2.2.5 -> current transition
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980225205050.28338N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19980226061259.37201@techunix.technion.ac.il>

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On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Anatoly Vorobey wrote:

> I'd like to make a 2.2.5 -> current transition as smooth as possible. In
> particular, I don't want any old files lying around in /etc or wherever;
> I'd really like to both have my cake and eat it: transit by making world
> on the -current sources, but get a completely 'clean' install.
> 
> Unfortunately, I don't have enough diskspace for a new parition
> to buildworld too and call it a new root. 
> 
> Any hints, suggestions, etc.?

You can try sysinstall->upgrading from a daily SNAP from
current.freebsd.org.  

> Any particular steps I must take? (I will build the new kernel
> before booting of course ;)). 
> 
> Oh, and do I have to recompile X? (I've got the sources local,
> so I'd rather recompile than pull a binary release off the net,
> but do I really have to?).

You need a new xdm due to the username length change; the old xdm will
munge utmp.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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