Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:11:12 +0900 From: Byung-Hee HWANG <bh@izb.knu.ac.kr> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: easy way to upgrade from 6.3 to 7.1 (including port packages) Message-ID: <1222017072.932.7.camel@phyll.izb.knu.ac.kr> In-Reply-To: <48D67AC0.4040301@FreeBSD.org> References: <1221990863.929.21.camel@phyll.izb.knu.ac.kr> <48D67AC0.4040301@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, 2008-09-21 at 09:48 -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > > in my experience, in usual kernel && userland upgrading is good, > > however, everytime port upgrading have problem, whenever new -REL is > > released ;; i usually do port upgrading by portupgrade(1). > > > > at once(when 6.2-REL was released) i did upgrading port by > > portupgrade(1) but i met failures on the upgrading. then i did > > `pkg_delete -af` and then i did installation all packages by pkg_add(1) > > cause at that time the packages were twisted each other roughly ;; > > > > so is there any easy way to upgrade packages ?? > > can you please help me about this matters? > > The generally accepted wisdom (which I am repeating because I agree with > it) is that when updating major versions you should: > > 1. Carefully back up your configuration files and data > 2. Do a clean install of the new version > 3. Update configuration files > 4. Restore data > 5. Re-install your ports. > > What I usually do for step 3 is to un-tar the old configuration files in > a new directory and then diff -ur old/etc /etc, and after ports are > installed I diff -ur old/usr/local/etc /usr/local/etc. > > For step 5, I have a recommended update procedure in the portmaster man > page. Even if you don't intend to use portmaster to re-install your > ports I recommend installing it and reading that part of the man page > before you do your update to get an idea of what is important for you to > restore. > thank you very much because you have spent your beloved time for me. yes, i'll try it. especially i'll use portmaster(8) instead of portupgrade(1). thanks again.. byunghee -- As he drove Johnney home, Nino thought that if that was success, he didn't want it. -- The author's narration, "Chapter 13", page 189
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