From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 12 09:17:01 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E35AB16A41A for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:17:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB9BD13C4BA for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:17:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.177]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JRD00DDVZ41BG90@l-daemon> for cvs-src@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:16:49 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JRD002UZZ40X900@pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca> for cvs-src@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:16:49 -0700 (MST) Received: from hexahedron.daemonology.net ([24.82.201.197]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with SMTP id <0JRD0092DZ3ZCE60@l-daemon> for cvs-src@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:16:48 -0700 (MST) Received: (qmail 18958 invoked from network); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:16:45 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hexahedron.daemonology.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:16:45 +0000 Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:16:45 -0800 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <86r6ivj0id.fsf@ds4.des.no> To: =?UTF-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyBTbcO4cmdyYXY=?= Message-id: <473819FD.2000602@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 References: <200711120447.lAC4lwua029042@repoman.freebsd.org> <86r6ivj0id.fsf@ds4.des.no> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071102) Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc freebsd-update.conf src/share/man/man5 freebsd-update.conf.5 src/usr.sbin/freebsd-update freebsd-update.8 freebsd-update.sh X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:17:02 -0000 Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > So, let's say you have a 6.2 box (predating this change) and want to > update to 6.3, what would the procedure be? Install a newer > freebsd-update from ports? Or will the newer freebsd-update be > distributed as a binary update for older releases? The updated freebsd-update script can be downloaded from my web server on pre-{6.3-RC1, 7.0-BETA3} systems, as I explain in the instructions I provided on using freebsd-update to perform such upgrades: http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-10-freebsd-minor-version-upgrade.html http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-11-freebsd-major-version-upgrade.html My understanding is that the upcoming release announcements will point to these instructions (just like the 6.2-RELEASE announcement pointed to my 6.1-to-6.2 upgrade script). Colin Percival