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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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