From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 19 06:58:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA26622 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 19 May 1996 06:58:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-2.mail.demon.net (disperse.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA26616 for ; Sun, 19 May 1996 06:58:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-2.mail.demon.net id ae24394; 19 May 96 14:58 +0100 Received: from am137.du.pipex.com ([193.130.252.137]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa22339; 19 May 96 14:43 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.7.5/8.6.12) id OAA01146; Sun, 19 May 1996 14:39:28 GMT Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 14:39:28 GMT From: James Raynard Message-Id: <199605191439.OAA01146@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: craigs@os.com CC: questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <199605190405.AAA03595@solar.os.com> (craigs@os.com) Subject: Re: I've SUPped the files, now what? Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> craigs@os.com (Craig Shrimpton) writes: > > Folks, > I need to know a safe way to use SUP. I have the src files using sup -v > /usr/share/examples/sup/stable-supfile. The docs say to "make world" but > before I do that does anyone know of a safer way to upgrade the system? I'd > hate to overwrite config files and such. What's the best method for using > SUP? I've just gone through this, though with -current and CTM. Doing 'make world' will replace all the system binaries, and things like libraries and include, however it will not touch anything under /etc, /home, /var, /usr/local, etc. - it's been very carefully thought out, so you can upgrade without losing all the work you did on customising your system. Obviously, before doing anything like this, you should always make sure you have some means of recovery in case something does go wrong - you do take regular backups, don't you? 8-) BTW I'd also recommend re-booting into single-user mode before making the world (type '-s' at the boot prompt). > Should I just pick the apps I want to upgrade and do them > individually? My main concern is having an up to date kernel. Hmm. You may well be able to get away with this - I haven't tried it myself. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland jraynard@dial.pipex.com james@jraynard.demon.co.uk