Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:20:03 -0600 From: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@iaces.com> To: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, andreas.nemeth@aporem.net Subject: Re: upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ? Message-ID: <43737333.4070306@iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <E1EaB8D-000JBp-NN@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> References: <E1EaB8D-000JBp-NN@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk>
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How is this different from a fresh install? Except for a very limited amount in config files, which would be easier to save and restore. And home directories. Again, save and restore. Pete French wrote: > *********************** > This message has been scanned by the InterScan for CSC-SSM and found to be free of known security risks. > ***********-*********** > > > >>You don't have to remove the ports prior to upgrading. Just recompile them >>later. > > > Why would I want to do that though ? It gives me no advantages, and some > serious disadvantages (especially if I am doing this on a 'live' system). > Much easier to delete everything prior to the upgrade, and then I know that > the machine is just the base system, and that none of my users are running > apache, or pine, or exim or whatever - because I deleted them :-). Standard > practice for me, even when going from one minor release to the next... > > -pcf. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- ______ Paul T. Root / _ \ 1977 MGB / /|| \\ ||\/ || _ | || || || \ ||__// \______/
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