From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 16 1:41: 8 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 2C12537B401 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 01:41:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from knyghtmare.com (pc1-darl1-6-cust123.mid.cable.ntl.com [213.105.18.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A46043EAC for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 01:41:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from knyghtmare@knyghtmare.com) Received: from knyghtmare (knyghtmare@knyghtmare [213.105.18.123]) by knyghtmare.com (8.12.6/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g9G8f1PO071742; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:41:01 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from knyghtmare@knyghtmare.com) Subject: Re: CVSUP update from 4.6 -> 4.7 From: Tom Carrick To: BigBrother Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20021016111927.K212-100000@bigb3server.bbcluster.gr> References: <20021016111927.K212-100000@bigb3server.bbcluster.gr> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-TwW7021jfRFceIPZJ93M" X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 16 Oct 2002 09:41:01 +0100 Message-Id: <1034757661.427.17.camel@knyghtmare.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 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 --=-TwW7021jfRFceIPZJ93M Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 09:27, BigBrother wrote: >=20 >=20 > I have freebsd 4.6 release and I am interesting to > update it to 4.7 via CVSUP >=20 > The box is located 3000 Kms away and I can only connect > via ssh. >=20 > a) How much space is required in order to make a buildworld > (downloading CVSUP, compiling, installing) A few hundred MB is a safe bet. >=20 > 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... From personal experience, update sources, rm -rf /usr/obj/*, compile world, compile kernel, drop to single user, install world, install kernel, reboot. If they both compile, it's a good bet they'll run. You can happily compile the new world and kernel, that is 100% sure to not screw anything up, as they both stay under /usr/obj/. You can do what you want, it's still 4.6 until you install them. >=20 > c) Can somebody point me or give me a sample CVSUP configuration > for updating to the 4.7 release? *default host=3Dcvsup2.uk.FreeBSD.org *default base=3D/usr/local *default prefix=3D/usr *default release=3Dcvs tag=3DRELENG_4_7_0_RELEASE *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress That's mine. Change the host to a local one is all you should need to do. >=20 >=20 > 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. uh... be careful? Other than that, I wouldn't know. >=20 > 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? Very bad idea to only compile a new kernel. Compile the world and the kernel if you want to be sure they won't screw up somehow. >=20 >=20 > Thanks in advance guys! >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >=20 --=-TwW7021jfRFceIPZJ93M Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA9rSYcRhxQpFRYpjsRAkcjAJ9KcztT3Wmul7/NVcfLxw+m5W3C3ACgjTnX aHjd5WJLepNXiqZy7P/b27s= =4wSb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-TwW7021jfRFceIPZJ93M-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message