From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 6 15:53:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B8DB16A4CE for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2004 15:53:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [65.173.111.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D07FD43D41 for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2004 15:53:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i56MrZKC088817; Sun, 6 Jun 2004 16:53:35 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) with ESMTP id i56MrZOq088814; Sun, 6 Jun 2004 16:53:35 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 16:53:35 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Roman Kennke In-Reply-To: <1086560404.1256.53.camel@moonlight.localdomain> Message-ID: <20040606164520.J88785@wonkity.com> References: <1086558075.1256.33.camel@moonlight.localdomain> <1086558922.1256.39.camel@moonlight.localdomain> <1086560404.1256.53.camel@moonlight.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.2.2 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 06 Jun 2004 16:53:35 -0600 (MDT) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSD to a new release X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 22:53:40 -0000 On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Roman Kennke wrote: > All I want is not reinstalling the system after every few releases. The > FreeBSD team should care about an possibility to easily upgrade from at > least one point release to another. Only my suggestion. Have you read the Handbook chapter called "The Cutting Edge"? It describes the standard method of updating the system via source. Not a difficult process, although it can be time-consuming. It works; one of my servers started at 4.1, and is now running 4.10. Problems arise when you switch branches (4.x to 5.x), and apparently there have been difficulties in the 5.x branch. But 5.x is not a release version yet, so that's to be expected. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA