From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 8 19:28:06 2007 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 4B6C116A419 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 19:28:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A331013C4B6 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 19:28:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lA8JRw1d021410; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 19:28:00 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <4733633E.2050800@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:27:58 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mario Lobo , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200711081455.39635.cesar@expresso.com.br> <200711081448.48390.mario.lobo@ipad.com.br> <20071108183239.GA65453@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20071108183239.GA65453@slackbox.xs4all.nl> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:28:00 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4709/Thu Nov 8 17:19:26 2007 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Subject: Re: About Freebsd 7.0 versus 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, 08 Nov 2007 19:28:06 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 02:48:47PM -0300, Mario Lobo wrote: > >> Concerning this, I've "cvsuping" to 6-CURRENT on a dual-core desktop. The >> system is running well, but I'd really like to move up to 7. Can it be done >> through cvsup from 6.2-STABLE to 7-CURRENT or is it "wiser" to install from >> scratch? any upgrade gotchas/procedure ? > > It _can_ be done. (I've done it). > > First, make a list of all your ports (portmaster -L works fine for > that). Then csup to RELENG_7. Then follow the instructions from > /usr/src/Makefile (the bit about 'upgrade their source'). I've outlined > the process below, with my own additions marked with lowercase letters > > > a. Make backups > b. Read /usr/src/UPDATING > 1. `cd /usr/src' (or to the directory containing your source tree). > 2. `make buildworld' > 3. `make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). > 4. `make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). > [steps 3. & 4. can be combined by using the "kernel" target] > 5. `reboot' (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader prompt). > 6. `mergemaster -p' > 7. `make installworld' > 8. `make delete-old' > 9. `mergemaster' > 10. `reboot' > c. `pkg_delete -a' (delete all your ports) > 11. `make delete-old-libs' (in case no 3rd party program uses them anymore) > d. Reinstall all root and leaf ports. Dependencies will then be > installed automatically. I went through this process myself in pretty much the order you describe. Due to bitter experience, I'd say that reinstalling all ports should be done before 'make delete-old-libs' -- by killing all the old 6.x shlibs you make it hard to run most software previously installed under 6.x including such things as 'portupgrade'... You don't need to delete all the ports in one go and then reinstall them in another: running 'portupgrade -fa' will do the job. That can take several days to complete if you've got a machine with OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, Java, KDE, Gnome, X Windows etc. installed. If you're careful you can still keep various services running during that time, restarting them one by one as the various applications get upgraded. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHM2M98Mjk52CukIwRCKH4AJ4gJIT44n362bBx5HoJBmH7lK7btgCeIRnM Q96Es35B8i1R02vB/ZjkjY4= =2Ogk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----