From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 28 17:59:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F14D91065670 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:59:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bcook@poughkeepsieschools.org) Received: from a.outbound.bsdwebsolutions.com (a.outbound.bsdwebsolutions.com [64.72.68.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE3A28FC2E for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:59:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bcook@poughkeepsieschools.org) Received: from mail.bsdwebsolutions.com ([64.72.68.15]) by a.outbound.bsdwebsolutions.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (BSD Web Solutions, Inc.) (envelope-from ) id 1JUn31-0001mS-7p; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:59:59 -0500 Received: from [64.72.66.117] (port=50659 helo=mail.poughkeepsieschools.org) by mail.bsdwebsolutions.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (BSD WebSolutions, Inc.) (envelope-from ) id 1JUn2z-0005NZ-R4 ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:59:57 -0500 Received: from [10.20.0.10] (port=50549 helo=macbookpro.tcentral.lan) by mail.poughkeepsieschools.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (BSD WebSolutions, Inc.) (envelope-from ) id 1JUn30-000IoS-Qn (authenticated as bcook@poughkeepsieschools.org); Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:59:58 -0500 X-BSD-Virus-Check: ClamAV 0.91.2/6027 on mail.poughkeepsieschools.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:59:58 -0500 Message-Id: <5BF5C797-C77E-450E-8328-1D7F058D9479@poughkeepsieschools.org> From: "B. Cook" To: Schiz0 In-Reply-To: <8d23ec860802280958v2dae110av11d7277f8bb6e6fa@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:00:00 -0500 References: <0AAFAC92-CF83-42CC-A148-FB24261A4556@poughkeepsieschools.org> <47C6EE06.4010403@bsdforen.de> <44y79555on.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <8d23ec860802280958v2dae110av11d7277f8bb6e6fa@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) X-Originating-IP: 64.72.66.117 Cc: Lowell Gilbert , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to 7 from 6.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:00:00 -0000 Yea I saw how openssl was updated and a ton of other things as well.. this is a new box w/o much on it.. so it's a good test. (going to try portmaster on this box as well.. ) portmaster -fa (iirc) On Feb 28, 2008, at 12:58 PM, Schiz0 wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Lowell Gilbert > wrote: >> Dominic Fandrey writes: >> >>> B. Cook wrote: >>>> Hello All, >>>> >>>> I was going to try and update a box from 6.3 to 7 via buildworld >>>> all >>>> 32 bit, nothing 64. >>>> >>>> Assuming it should be done like this: >>>> >>>> make buildworld >>>> make buildkernel >>>> mergemaster -p >>>> make installkernel >>>> (reboot) >>>> (startup on 7 kernel) >>>> make installworld >>>> mergemaster (do full mergemaster) >>>> make installworld >>>> (reboot) >>>> >>>> (make sure all is working in 7 then do it all again; just to be >>>> sure) >>>> make buildworld >>>> make buildkernel >>>> make installkernel >>>> make installworld >>>> >>>> >>>> Sound about right? or too redundant? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> The doing it all again part might bring some very slight performance >>> improvements due to the compiler change. >> >> It *shouldn't* make any difference; buildworld bootstraps its own >> compiler as one of the first things it does. >> >> None of the steps really need to be done more than once. The >> redundancy as described isn't harmful, either. >> _______________________________________________ > > You also have to recompile all your ports due to a major change in how > the ports work. > > portupgrade -f -a