From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 16:13:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67D1616A4CE for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:13:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from swin.edu.au (c3p0.cc.swin.edu.au [136.186.1.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 016AA43FAF for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:13:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au) Received: from pvdbergen.caia.swin.edu.au (pvdbergen.caia.swin.edu.au [136.186.229.26]) by swin.edu.au (8.9.3p2-20030918/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA609355 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:13:29 +1100 (EST) From: paul van den bergen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:13:29 +1100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311201113.29006.pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au> Subject: upgrading 4.8 to 4.9 question.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:13:34 -0000 Hi All, I'm tempted to upgrade some machines in my test network to 4.9 from 4.8 (since the new KAME snap kits are configured to 4.9 over 4.8 now and if I want to be fashionable and bleedy, I'd better keep updated) and so I am wondering what the best way to do this is and anypitfalls... OK, here is what I think I should do... cvsup the source tree to 4.9 make world cvsup the ports tree um... and that's where I come unstuck... is there a method (other than de-installing all pkgs and reisntalling) to upgrade the ports or packages appropriately from 4.8 to 4.9? I guess there is a gap in my knowledge here about how the freebsd software "state" changes... e.g. how does one avoid clashes and incompatabilities in a large complex collection of software that is continually changing? -- Dr Paul van den Bergen Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures caia.swin.edu.au pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au IM:bulwynkl2002 "And some run up hill and down dale, knapping the chucky stones to pieces wi' hammers, like so many road makers run daft. They say it is to see how the world was made." Sir Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well 1824