Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 15:13:28 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Chris Howells <howells@kde.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading 4.11-STABLE to 5.4-STABLE Message-ID: <20051102201328.GA99423@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200511022107.25718.howells@kde.org> References: <200511022107.25718.howells@kde.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 09:07:25PM +0000, Chris Howells wrote: > Hi, > > I want to upgrade my 4.11-STABLE server to 5.4-STABLE. I'm very used to using > cvsup to upgrade between minor releases (IIRC the box was 4.9 or 4.10 > originally) but a jump between major versions is scaring me a bit :) > > Has anybody done this recently. Were there any major problems other than > mentioned in UPDATING? Worked smoothly for me. You do need console access to boot to single-user mode. Don't forget to rebuild all your installed ports afterwards too (portupgrade -fa or -faP). Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDaR3nWry0BWjoQKURAnKBAKDHdqOmxWne73V4jB7HXG83G5DXCQCbB/Qa M08UdHjT8N3UI4r83kDfUwI= =ryEG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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