Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:41:47 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Lee Damon <nomad@castle.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: source upgrade FBSD10 -> 11 (then 12) Message-ID: <BA9C6F15-3218-46A3-B419-FFBA92E36BF4@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <04a54d93-9132-5d6d-b8a7-c8a4dd8de8c5@castle.org> References: <04a54d93-9132-5d6d-b8a7-c8a4dd8de8c5@castle.org>
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Hi, > On 28 Feb 2019, at 16:18, Lee Damon <nomad@castle.org> wrote: >=20 > I have three old FBSD 10 boxes that I need to upgrade. Ordinarily I do = this by building a new box with the latest OS then migrating services = and data. Unfortunately I don't have that option this time, the upgrade = has to happen in-place. My plan is to go from 10 to 11 then from 11 to = 12. >=20 > I was looking at the "Upgrading FreeBSD" part of = https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.1R/installation.html#upgrade but = unfortunately it seems to be missing a critical URL or two: >=20 > "The procedure for doing a source code based update is described in = and ." >=20 > I tracked down where I think it points and the instructions appear to = be just for same-version updates. Can I safely move /usr/src out of the = way then check out the stable/11 and compile/install it or are there = other things I need to do? See the Handbook section 23.5: = https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html > thanks, > nomad -- Bob Bishop rb@gid.co.uk
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