Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 06:28:48 -0500 From: "Paul A. Howes" <pahowes@fair-ware.com> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Upgrading from Ver 4.0 to ver 4.1 STABLE Message-ID: <BCEFKOJHNDEAJONMKMHEOEDNCDAA.pahowes@fair-ware.com> In-Reply-To: <20001211064102.19266.cpmta@c008.sfo.cp.net>
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GB- The tags with "RELEASE" in the name are just that--names created when the release version was cut to CD. The "STABLE" version is the head of the 4.x branch, obtained with the tag, "RELENG_4". Your CVSup file should look something like: *default host=cvsup2.freebsd.org *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress src-all tag=RELENG_4 doc-all tag=. ports-all tag=. The documentation archive and ports collection are only found on "CURRENT", which is the head of the tree. Always use "tag=." for these two collections. All of this information is in the FreeBSD handbook in Appendix A, "Obtaining FreeBSD". The URL is: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cvsup.html -- Paul A. Howes pahowes@fair-ware.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of gbnaidu@123india.com Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 1:41 AM To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Upgrading from Ver 4.0 to ver 4.1 STABLE Hi, I need some help regarding the upgradation. Currently my system is running FreeBSD ver 4.0 installed using CD. Now I would like to upgrade it to ver 4.1 STABLE. I am planning to synchronize my local source tree with ver4.1 sources. Iam using cvsup for this. Here is my supfile: ---------- start of supfile -------- *default host=cvsup2.FreeBSD.org *default prefix=/usr/src *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress src-all tag=RELENG_4_1_0_RELEASE ----------- End of supfile ----------- I am trying to sync only the /usr/src directory. Can I use a separate directory for sources rather than the standard /usr/src and upgrade my system? I need a clarification whether this will overwrite the existing source files of ver 4.0. I think it overwrites. If it overwrites, and later if I come across any problem in compilation of Version 4.1, what is the best way to get back to version 4.0? I am planning to take a backup of the current 4.0 /usr/src files and then overwrite them using cvsup with version 4.1 files. what I am doing is correct? Doing make world is enough to build the new vresion 4.1? Thanks in Advance --gb ______________________________________________________ 123India.com - India's Premier Portal Get your Free Email Account at http://www.123india.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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