Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:11:41 +0200 From: Svein Halvor Halvorsen <svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Binary upgrade from legacy version Message-ID: <488B147D.5050009@lvor.halvorsen.cc>
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Hi, list! I want to upgrade two freebsd machines I have from 6.1-SECURITY and 5.3-RELEASE respectively, to the latest 7.0 release of FreeBSD. I don't want to cvsup and build, but prefer to use prebuilt binaries. Also I'd like to avoid wiping the systems, and starting afresh. I know this might break my systems and are willing to take the risk. I also reqognize that I probably have to rebuild a lot of ports afterwards. What steps do I take to increase my probablity of success? How do I do this the cleanest way possible? Could I just get all the distfiles and put them on top of my old system? How do I find files that are to be deleted from the old system? sv.
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