Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:01:17 +0100 (CET) From: Barbara <barbara.xxx1975@libero.it> To: <brian@box201.com>, <FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: R: cvsup freebsd 6_2 to freebsd 7_1 not upgrading? Message-ID: <6108735.968101231189277098.JavaMail.root@wmail9.libero.it>
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>Hello List, >I'm trying to upgrade my system from 6_2 to 7_1 and cannot seem to do it. >Perhaps I'm missing something. Here is the basic procedure I'm following. > >#cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile /root/stand_sup >#vi /root/stand_sup ><<<host=CHANGE_ME.freebsd.org >>>>host=cvsup15.us.FreeBSD. org ><<<tag=RELENG_6_2 >>>>tag=RELENG_7_1 > >#cd /usr/src >#cvsup -g -L2 /root/stand_sup >... >#make -j4 buildworld; make -j4 buildkernel; make installkernel > >... (come back a hour or so later) >#make installworld; reboot > It seems that you have missed to run "mergemaster -p" before, and "mergemaster" after running "make installworld". IMHO, not running mergemaster, you have not updated /etc/motd so it shows 6.2... And, as pointed by Brooks Davis you should have rebooted before running make installworld.
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