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Date:      Tue, 2 Apr 2002 22:38:33 -0800 (PST)
From:      Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>
To:        Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
Cc:        Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: best path from 4.3 to 4.5?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10204022236570.39933-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3CAA8E85.7000104@owt.com>

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On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Kent Stewart wrote:

> 
> 
> Annelise Anderson wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Fernan Aguero wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I'm planning an upgrade from 4.3 (actually RELENG_4_3) to 4.5.
> >>
> >>I have the 4.5-install CD, though I've never made an upgrade using
> >>/stand/sysinstall.
> >>So my plan would be to cvsup and synchronize my sources and then
> >>remake the world and kernel.
> >>
> >>Now, is there any impediment in going directly from 4.3 to RELENG_4_5
> >>or should I do RELENG_4_5_0_RELEASE (or worse yet, 4.4) first and then
> >>go to RELENG_4_5? 
> >>
> >>
> > I went from a 4.0-STABLE to 4.5-STABLE without any problems except
> > forgetting to delete the symbolic links from softupdates (which are
> > no longer needed) before I cvsupped.  I think you can go pretty much
> > anywhere along the 4 branch without trouble if you follow the
> > instructions in /usr/src/UPDATING.  You might want to install the
> > new make.conf after you cvsup and edit it, but other than that, leave
> > upgrading of /etc until after installworld (then you can do it with
> > mergemaster).
> 
> 
> This isn't true since they upgraded sendmail. There are two users that 
> have to be on your system for an installworld of recent versions of 
> 4.5-stable for it to work. The users are smmsp and mailnull. There are 
> a number of messages on this in -stable.
> 
> Kent
> 
Good point.  I assume /usr/src/UPGRADING tells you to create these
users in /etc/groups and /etc/master.passwd, then, before doing the
installworld.  I already have these users (from upgrading /etc) although
not the new sendmail.

	Annelise 

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